alabastron
- Museum number
- 1967,1120.13
- Description
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Limestone alabastron; drill-hole in base; raised ridge round body; grooved neck; mouth chipped.
- Dimensions
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Height: 23.70 centimetres (max)
- Curator's comments
- For parallels from established archaeological contexts see: SCE IV/2, fig. 39 no 38 (Marion); Chavane 1990, 78-80, esp. nos 588-656 passim and pl. XVIII (Amathus); Salles and Chavane 2003, 336-7 nos 811-19 and figs 263, 265 (Kition-Bamboula, Hellenistic levels).See Chavane 1990, 77-8 for a general comment (with bibliography) on the difficulty of dating these vessels on form alone.
Bibliography:
Chavane M.-J. 1990, La nécropole d'Amathonte. Tombs 110-385. IV. Les petits objets (Nicosia).
Salles J.-F. and Chavane M.-J. 2003, 'Les petits objets' in J.-F. Salles ed. Kition-Bamboula IV. Les niveaux héllenistiques (Paris), 331-46.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition notes
- No acquisition details; found unregistered.
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1967,1120.13
