1.3.02026-07-26alabastronRådata3102084objektStatens museer för världskultur - MedelhavsmuseetSMVK-MMFöremålhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/3102084NM Ant 1369Elongated alabastron. Slender shape with tall, narrow body, tapering towards the top, and sloping shoulder. Pointed base, centrally, irregularly pierced. Short, narrow neck, slightly flaring. Broad, sloping lip. Rough surface. Fine, pale pinkish-brown fabric. White slip.NM Ant 1369, Deposited in 1887 by the Technical School, Stockholm, in the National Museum., Labelled “Technical School Stockholm 191”. According to inventory the object has a parallel in an article by L. Dietrichs...? in Hoffstadt (or Hoffstedt) Technical Journal, vol. 1., 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., Large piece missing from rim. Body chipped. Encrusted., H. 12.4; max Ø body 3.4; Ø rim 2.6.BrukadHellenistic-RomanÄgdNationalmuseum, Stockholmimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3792961/representationhttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3792962/representationhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byKaneberg, OveStatens museer för världskulturhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/Photograph/3913603http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/3102084http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/3102084http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/3102084