Bottle
About this object
Cultural context
For storing oil.
Physical description
Alabastron made of buff, fine-grained hard-fired clay. Thin, matte, black paint. Rounded bottom with slight tip in the centre; pyriform body with one small vertical handle attached below rim; broad everted rim. Decoration consists of a nine-petal rosette on the base centred on the bottom and horizontal bands on body. In the upper half is a stippled zone and immediately beneath the rim there are vertical strokes. Two concentric circles on top surface of rim.
Date Made
C. 600 B.C.E.
Date Acquired
18 Feb 1977
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 7.4 cm x 3.8 cm
Object Number
Ce204