1.3.02026-07-19alabastronRådata3102082objektStatens museer för världskultur - MedelhavsmuseetSMVK-MMFöremålhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3102082NM Ant 0987Elongated alabastron. Slender shape with tall, narrow body, tapering towards the top, and defined shoulder. Slightly convex base. Short, narrow neck with straight, lipless rim. On upper body two embryonal handles in the shape of small, squarish knobs. Very pale brown-buff surface.NM Ant 0987, Purchased in Greece in 1881 through the Swedish-Norwegian Consul at Piraeus, Mr. M. N. Rodocanachi., An alabastron (pl. alabastra) is a long-bodied vessel, typically with a rounded bottom. It is usually without a handle, although some examples have short handles (or eyes or lugs) through which a string could be attached. The name is derived from alabaster, the white-ground stone that the earliest examples were carved from. They seem to primarily have been a vessel for perfumed oil, as indicated by scenes on vases depicting it being used by women after bathing., Nearly complete. Small piece missing from rim. Irregularities on surface., H. 10.2; max Ø body 3.5; Ø base 2.4; Ø rim 1.9.ÄgdNationalmuseum, Stockholmimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3792955/representationhttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3792956/representationhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byKaneberg, OveStatens museer för världskulturhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3913609http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/3102082http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3102082http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3102082