1.3.02026-07-19alabastronRådata4282124objektStatens museer för världskultur - MedelhavsmuseetSMVK-MMFöremålhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/4282124MME 2017:452Alabastron of yellow clay. Squat, ovoid body on a raised, flattened base. Concave neck ending in a rounded lip. Short handle from lip to mid-section of body.MME 2017:452, 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 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., Hellenistisk tid - Romersk tid (323 f Kr-337 e Kr), Egypt, AlexandriaFörvärvadGöransson, C. Emil, Pugioli, Pietro, Strängnäs museumBrukadHellenistic-RomanFunnenAfrika, Egyptenimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/4314829/MME+2017%3B452%2802%29.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/4314828/MME+2017%3B452%2802%29.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byJeppsson, JohanStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/4314834/MME+2017%3B452%2803%29.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/4314833/MME+2017%3B452%2803%29.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byJeppsson, JohanStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/4314839/MME+2017%3B452%2804%29.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/4314838/MME+2017%3B452%2804%29.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byJeppsson, JohanStatens museer för världskulturimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/4314844/MME+2017%3B452%2805%29.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/4314843/MME+2017%3B452%2805%29.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#byJeppsson, JohanStatens museer för världskulturhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/html/4282124http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/xml/4282124http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/objekt/rdf/4282124