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Alabastron

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Broad, horizontal, disc-shaped rim; lug handle below rim; upper body tapering towards rim; ovoid body; rounded base. Hard, buff clay; semi-lustrous, light buff slip; decoration: matt, reddish to brown paint. Rim disc encircled; tongue pattern on upper body, middle body encircled by narrow lines between two broad bands; lower body and base reserved.
The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities
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Title: Alabastron
Description:
Broad, horizontal, disc-shaped rim; lug handle below rim; upper body tapering towards rim; ovoid body; rounded base.
Hard, buff clay; semi-lustrous, light buff slip; decoration: matt, reddish to brown paint.
Rim disc encircled; tongue pattern on upper body, middle body encircled by narrow lines between two broad bands; lower body and base reserved.

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