Annular askos in the Academic Art Museum of the University of Bonn (Inv. Nr. 833)
The askos, found in Athens and dated between 750 and 735 BC, was used to store and pour liquids which were required in small amounts like edible oil. In general, aksoi have flat, globular bodies and narrow spouts which are connected to the bodies via the handles. The body of the Bonn example is formed like a ring, what may have originated from Mycenaean times. The neck is high lifted and has a trefoil-shaped spout. Most of the painting is rubbed off, but nevertheless the forma are still visible: the body was painted with geometric patterns, like circumferential lines, opposite strokes and opposite triangles filled with grids etc. The neck shows a checherboard pattern as well as birds. It is not clear whether the Bonn askos was produced in Attica or Boeotia
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