1.3.02026-04-05unguentariumRådata4282119objektStatens museer för världskultur - MedelhavsmuseetSMVK-MMFöremålhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/4282119MME 2017:447Fusiform unguentarium of red clay. Broken at both neck and base. The former appears to have been slightly concave.MME 2017:447, Belongs to the Strängnäs collection that was formed by the objects that an Italian nobleman named Pietro Pugioli, who lived in Alexandria in the 19th century, sent as a present to the Swedish captain C. Emil Göransson in 1880. The collection was kept at the Strängnäs Museum and Library. In 1945 it was donated by Södermanlands Fornminnesförening to Strängnäs Högre Allmänna Läroverk (Strängnäs Gymnasium). The collection was deposited at Medelhavsmuseet in 1993. In 2017 the deposition was changed into a donation since Strängnäs museum closed., An unguentarium (pl. unguentaria) is a small container, typically made of clay or glass, for oil and perfumes. They are mostly associated with Hellenistic and Roman contexts, especially as grave goods. The so-called fusiform shape (from the Latin fusus, meaning “spindle”) is characteristic of Hellenistic unguentaria and is thought to have developed functionally from the lekythos. On the other hand, the so-called piriform shape (from the Latin pirus, meaning “pear”) is characteristic of the Roman era, especially the early Principate., Hellenistisk tid (323-31 f Kr), Egypt, AlexandriaFörvärvadSträngnäs museum, Göransson, C. Emil, Pugioli, PietroBrukadHellenisticFunnenAfrika, Egyptenimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/4294622/MME+2017%3B447%2801%29.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/4294621/MME+2017%3B447%2801%29.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byJeppsson, JohanStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/4294627/MME+2017%3B447%2802%29.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/4294626/MME+2017%3B447%2802%29.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byJeppsson, JohanStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/4294632/MME+2017%3B447%2803%29.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/4294631/MME+2017%3B447%2803%29.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byJeppsson, JohanStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/4294637/MME+2017%3B447%2804%29.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/4294636/MME+2017%3B447%2804%29.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byJeppsson, JohanStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/4294642/MME+2017%3B447%2805%29.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/4294641/MME+2017%3B447%2805%29.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byJeppsson, JohanStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/4294647/MME+2017%3B447%2806%29.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/4294646/MME+2017%3B447%2806%29.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byJeppsson, JohanStatens museer för världskulturhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/4282119http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/4282119http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/4282119