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184 LOCAL IMITATIONS AND
first see where Corinthian vases have been found. It is, of course, impossible
here to cite all the Corinthian vases of known provenance; I shall not do more
than enumerate the places where examples have been found, giving, in the
case of some of the more important sites, a brief indication of the character of
the finds. I have made the following list of sites as complete as possible,
but I am well aware that there must be many reports of finds which have
escaped my notice.
With a few reservations it is true to say that all the sites which have pro-
duced Protocorinthian vases have also produced Corinthian. But the dis-
tribution of Corinthian vases is much wider than that of Protocorinthian. So
far as is known at present no Protocorinthian vases reached the Black Sea
region: the earliest imports belong to the late seventh century; Corinthian
vases, likewise, but not Protocorinthian, found their way into the heart of
Asia Minor, to Palestine and to Egypt {v. infra). The earliest published im-
ports from the North African coast are: late Corinthian at Cyrene and Proto-
corinthian at Carthage; Spain has produced late vases; Marseilles pieces
which are at least as early as the first quarter of the sixth century. The
Northern limit is the village of Ostenfeld in Bavaria.
We may now begin with the finds from Corinth. These cover the whole
range from the early geometric period (ninth century? see ch. i) to the fifth
century. Late geometric and Orientalizing Protocorinthian vases and frag-
ments have been found there in great quantities (see p. 39). As long ago as
1844 the number of vases discovered in Corinthian territory was computed at
2,000-,1 we do not know that these were all Corinthian, but the preponder-
ance of Corinthian vases among the known finds at Corinth makes it certain
that only a minority will have been foreigners. The excavations of the
American School have since produced great quantities of fragments and some
complete vases (see p. 2, note 1). Attic vases began to be imported into
Corinth early in the sixth century: among the earliest are the kotyle p. 196,
no. 28, the plate p. 190, no. 24, and the horse-head amphora in the Cabinet des
Medailles (C.V.A. iii H c pi. 32,12). Towards the middle of the sixth century
Attic imports become commoner (C.V.A. Copenhagen, iii c pi. 92, 4, 5:
on these J.H.S. 1927,158; Athens, C.C. 640-4, 646, 8, 9, &c; fragments at
Corinth; &c). A certain number of red-figure vases are also known (frag-
ments at Corinth; Eph. Arch. 1885 pi. 3, 2; C.C. 1182, 1223, 1274, &c).
Other fabrics are less well represented: there is a Fikellura olpe at Corinth;
an Ionian alabastron (sixth century) at Oxford; a faience aryballos in the
Louvre (Heuzey, Cat. Fig. Ant. du Louvre pi. 7, 2: C.A.H. plates i, 299);
a Naukratite fragment in Heidelberg (Price, E. Greek Pottery 16). A Chal-
cidian amphora in Munich (S.H. 587) and a Laconian cup in Cambridge
(J.H.S. 1908, 175) are said to have been found at Corinth.
1 Barth, Cor. Com. et Merc. Particula, 19, note 2; Wilisch p. 4. Cf. Ross, Arch. Aufsatze, ii, 344.
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first see where Corinthian vases have been found. It is, of course, impossible
here to cite all the Corinthian vases of known provenance; I shall not do more
than enumerate the places where examples have been found, giving, in the
case of some of the more important sites, a brief indication of the character of
the finds. I have made the following list of sites as complete as possible,
but I am well aware that there must be many reports of finds which have
escaped my notice.
With a few reservations it is true to say that all the sites which have pro-
duced Protocorinthian vases have also produced Corinthian. But the dis-
tribution of Corinthian vases is much wider than that of Protocorinthian. So
far as is known at present no Protocorinthian vases reached the Black Sea
region: the earliest imports belong to the late seventh century; Corinthian
vases, likewise, but not Protocorinthian, found their way into the heart of
Asia Minor, to Palestine and to Egypt {v. infra). The earliest published im-
ports from the North African coast are: late Corinthian at Cyrene and Proto-
corinthian at Carthage; Spain has produced late vases; Marseilles pieces
which are at least as early as the first quarter of the sixth century. The
Northern limit is the village of Ostenfeld in Bavaria.
We may now begin with the finds from Corinth. These cover the whole
range from the early geometric period (ninth century? see ch. i) to the fifth
century. Late geometric and Orientalizing Protocorinthian vases and frag-
ments have been found there in great quantities (see p. 39). As long ago as
1844 the number of vases discovered in Corinthian territory was computed at
2,000-,1 we do not know that these were all Corinthian, but the preponder-
ance of Corinthian vases among the known finds at Corinth makes it certain
that only a minority will have been foreigners. The excavations of the
American School have since produced great quantities of fragments and some
complete vases (see p. 2, note 1). Attic vases began to be imported into
Corinth early in the sixth century: among the earliest are the kotyle p. 196,
no. 28, the plate p. 190, no. 24, and the horse-head amphora in the Cabinet des
Medailles (C.V.A. iii H c pi. 32,12). Towards the middle of the sixth century
Attic imports become commoner (C.V.A. Copenhagen, iii c pi. 92, 4, 5:
on these J.H.S. 1927,158; Athens, C.C. 640-4, 646, 8, 9, &c; fragments at
Corinth; &c). A certain number of red-figure vases are also known (frag-
ments at Corinth; Eph. Arch. 1885 pi. 3, 2; C.C. 1182, 1223, 1274, &c).
Other fabrics are less well represented: there is a Fikellura olpe at Corinth;
an Ionian alabastron (sixth century) at Oxford; a faience aryballos in the
Louvre (Heuzey, Cat. Fig. Ant. du Louvre pi. 7, 2: C.A.H. plates i, 299);
a Naukratite fragment in Heidelberg (Price, E. Greek Pottery 16). A Chal-
cidian amphora in Munich (S.H. 587) and a Laconian cup in Cambridge
(J.H.S. 1908, 175) are said to have been found at Corinth.
1 Barth, Cor. Com. et Merc. Particula, 19, note 2; Wilisch p. 4. Cf. Ross, Arch. Aufsatze, ii, 344.
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