Aryballos
- Description
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This small vessel is shaped like a warrior’s head wearing a helmet, with a spout at the top of the head. It was used to store perfumed oil, and may have been used in burials or may have been an ancient Greek souvenir. 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.
- 1887/10/66
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Common Name
- aryballos
- Simple Name
- vessel
- Full Name
- aryballos in the form of a human head
- Dimensions
- whole W 46 mm; whole height 72 mm; whole depth 51 mm
- Cultural Group
- Greek
- Period Classification
- Archaic - 1100-500 BC
- Family Group
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- Material
- pottery
- Collector / Excavator
- Biliotti, A., Mr
- Collection Site Name
- Cameiros, Rhodes
- Collection Town
- Cameiros
- Collection County
- Rhodes
- Collection Country
- Greece
- Collection Area Region
- Southern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
