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© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Girona
Omeka ID 3194
Empúries

aryballos

MAC GIR-014621

Object type
aryballos
Production date
-700 / -500
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Girona
Culture
-
Discovery location
Empúries
Materials
faience
Township
Escala, l' (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Girona, Alt Empordà)
Technique
molding, incised decoration
Where is it?
MASPG
Dimensions
50 x 60 x 27 mm
Description
Faience aryballos in the form of a hedgehog. An aryballos is a small bottle-shaped container with a narrow neck and a disc-shaped mouth. It comes from the Greek necropolis of the Portitxol (Empúries, l'Escala, Alt Empordà) and is dated between the 7th-6th centuries BC. Its origin is, however, in the Greek colony of Naukratatis, in Egypt. Faience is a varnished and enamelled silica paste that once fired at the right temperature takes characteristics similar to those of glass. It usually appears, as in the present case, with turquoise green or green tones. This aryballos was made in a mould and decorated with incisions, which represent the spines of a hedgehog. The handle and the neck were added in a restoration, following known models. Aryballoi of this kind were vessels to contain perfumes.

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