Alabastron

Museum number:
8-3364
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Corinthian black-figure alabastron; intact, save for large chip in mouth; on body: 5 horizontal stripes (each with one or more red lines painted on black) and 2 rows of dicing; below this, 2-1-2 lines; on neck, tongues; on top of mouth, 2 black rings; on rim, red paint.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Corinth, Peloponnese, Greece
Culture or time period:
Greek Archaic Period (700–480 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Alabastra
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Alabastron, accession number 8-3364, described as Corinthian black-figure alabastron; intact, save for large chip in mouth; on body: 5 horizontal stripes (each with one or more red lines painted on black) and 2 rows of dicing; below this, 2-1-2 lines; on neck, tongues; on top of mouth, 2 black rings; on rim, red paint.

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