Alabastron

Description

This ancient Greek unguent bottle or alabastron has a round base, one small vertical lug handle and a round flattened lip. It was used for storing oil.

Accession Loan No.

55/1924/10

Collection Class

Foreign archaeology

Common Name

alabastron

Simple Name

vessel

Full Name

aryballos

Cultural Group

Greek

Family Group



Material

pottery; Corinthian ware

Collector / Excavator

Oxley, WH, Rev

Collection Site Name

Rhodes

Collection Country

Greece

Collection Area Region

Southern Europe

Collection Continent

Europe