1.3.02026-09-13alabastronRådata3102083objektStatens museer för världskultur - MedelhavsmuseetSMVK-MMFöremålhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3102083NM Ant 0874Elongated alabastron. Slender shape with tall, narrow body tapering towards the top. Convex base with central , circular depression on underside. Short, narrow neck, slightly flaring. Projecting rim with short, horizontal lip. On upper body two embryonal handles in the shape of small, elongated rectangles. Very pale brown - buff surface.NM Ant 0874, 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. Pieces missing from rim and wall. Slightly encrusted., H. 11.7; max Ø body 3.2; Ø rim 2.2.ÄgdNationalmuseum, Stockholmimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3792958/representationhttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3792959/representationhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byKaneberg, OveStatens museer för världskulturhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3913604http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/3102083http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3102083http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3102083