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Alabastron
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Broad, disc shaped rim, sloping inwards; narrow neck; thick lug handle; ovoid body; rounded base with flattened bottom; indentation in bottom centre. Hard, pale buff clay; matt, buff slip; semilustrous, black and matt, reddish paint. Tongues on rim disc, encircled by band; dots on rim edge; tongues around neck; vertical stripe on handle; two bands above and below figured frieze; frieze: large bird with panther head, large and small cross-incised rosettes, incised blobs, dots; bottom decorated with tongues; two concentric circles around indentation.
The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities
Title: Alabastron
Description:
Broad, disc shaped rim, sloping inwards; narrow neck; thick lug handle; ovoid body; rounded base with flattened bottom; indentation in bottom centre.
Hard, pale buff clay; matt, buff slip; semilustrous, black and matt, reddish paint.
Tongues on rim disc, encircled by band; dots on rim edge; tongues around neck; vertical stripe on handle; two bands above and below figured frieze; frieze: large bird with panther head, large and small cross-incised rosettes, incised blobs, dots; bottom decorated with tongues; two concentric circles around indentation.
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