Potters at Work in Ancient Corinth
Industry, Religion, and the Penteskouphia Pinakes
Published on 22. February 2022
448 pages
978-1-62139-038-1 (ISBN)
Description
An unparalleled assemblage of Archaic black-figure painted pinakes (plaques) was uncovered near Penteskouphia, a village west of ancient Corinth, over a century ago. The pinakes-represented by over 1,200 fragments-and their depictions of gods, warriors, animals, and the potters themselves, provide a uniquely rich source of information about Greek art, technology, and society. In this volume, the findspot of the pinakes is identified in a contribution by Ioulia Tzonou and James Herbst, and the assemblage as a whole is fully contextualized within the Archaic world. Then, by focusing specifically on the images of potters at work, the author illuminates the relationship between Corinthian and Athenian art, the technology used in ancient pottery production, and religious anxiety in the 6th century B.C. The first comprehensive register of all known Penteskouphia pinakes complements the well-illustrated discussion.
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Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Excavation Site of the Penteskouphia Pinakes
- 3. Manufacture, Function, Iconography, Epigraphy, and Chronology
- 4. Catalogue of Scenes of Potters at Work
- Color Figures
- 5. Scenes of Potters at Work: Iconographical and Epigraphical Analysis
- 6. Technology, Workforce, and Organization of Ceramic Workshops
- 7. Industrial Religion and Potters' Anxieties
- 8. Conclusions
- Appendix I. List of Penteskouphia Pinakes in Ancient Corinth, Berlin, and Paris
- Appendix II. Distribution of Themes on One- and Two-Sided Penteskouphia Pinakes
- Appendix III. Combination of Themes on Two-Sided Penteskouphia Pinakes
- Appendix IV. Concordance of Inventory and Catalogue Numbers
- Appendix V. Concordance of Inscribed Catalogued Pinakes with Epigraphical Corpora
- Appendix VI. Concordance of Inventory Numbers with Epigraphical Corpora
- Appendix VII. Concordance of IG IV Entries and Inventory Numbers
- References
- General Index
- Index of Museums
- Index of Ancient Sources
- Back Cover
