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Alabastron
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Broad lip, sloping inwards; protruding flange at junction with neck; narrow neck; small lug handle below lip; ovoid body; rounded base; circular depression with raised nipple on bottom centre. Buff clay; lustrous, buff slip; lustrous, dark brown and matt, purple paint. Tongues between two concentric lines on lip top; dots between two lines on lip edge; elongated tongues around neck; handle painted; on body two large friezes demarcated by triple, horizontal lines: padded dancers turned right, with long hair and poloi; incised blob rosettes and dots as filling ornaments - added purple paint and incised details in the friezes; tongues on bottom.
The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities
Title: Alabastron
Description:
Broad lip, sloping inwards; protruding flange at junction with neck; narrow neck; small lug handle below lip; ovoid body; rounded base; circular depression with raised nipple on bottom centre.
Buff clay; lustrous, buff slip; lustrous, dark brown and matt, purple paint.
Tongues between two concentric lines on lip top; dots between two lines on lip edge; elongated tongues around neck; handle painted; on body two large friezes demarcated by triple, horizontal lines: padded dancers turned right, with long hair and poloi; incised blob rosettes and dots as filling ornaments - added purple paint and incised details in the friezes; tongues on bottom.
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