Aryballos Update

So this little thing is gonna help me get into grad school.
Why?
Because it is an unpublished and excellent example of Corinthian pottery.
The key word here is unpublished. As in no one has ever written about this particular piece. Mostly because its been languishing away in a store room of a museum that specializes in South Western artifacts. But nonetheless, that fact makes it interesting. Donated back in the 1900s, mislabeled because of where it came from, this piece has an interesting history. What is most interesting is that it is labeled as coming from Pompeii, which I suspect is why they decided it was Roman.
Even more interesting is that it really could have come from Pompeii, just not Roman Pompeii. Pompeii is not just a Roman city, it has a much longer history than that. Before the Romans the Etruscans decided it was also a great place to be. And very interesting about the Etruscans was that they really liked these little Corinthian aryballoi (plural for aryballos). Could this little piece have found its way through trade?
So back to how this is going to help me get into grad school.
Well, I'm not the only one who finds this piece interesting. Since I'm working on relabeling it, I've been consulting with my Greek archaeology professor. She thinks its a great project, and that it would make a great paper. In fact, she's wanting me to publish on it. And a publishing credit on a grad school application, makes me highly desirable. Because its rare. Its just not something that undergrads usually do, frankly we're too busy with regular school to work on side projects. Its possible that I can do an independent study, but I think by the time that rolls around I'll have done most of the work already. So there you go, volunteering can pay off.