Aryballos
- Description
- This is an ancient Greek Attic red-figure ware lekythos (oil juglet with specific funerary use). It is decorated with a palmette design. Its provenance suggests it was excavated by Sir Alfred Biliotti during his important work at the acropolis of Cameiros between 1852 and 1864.
- Accession Loan No.
- 1887/10/62
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Common Name
- aryballos
- Simple Name
- vessel
- Full Name
- perfumed oil bottle, aryballos
- Cultural Group
- Greek
- Production Year Low
- -499
- Production Year High
- -400
- Family Group
- Material
- ceramic
- Function Name
- storage
- Function Detail
- perfumed oil, used especially at funerals
- Collector / Excavator
- Biliotti, A., Mr
- Collection Site Name
- Cameiros, Rhodes
- Collection Country
- Greece
- Collection Area Region
- Southern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
