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Oil flask (squat lekythos) with palmette

about 400–375 B.C.
Place of ManufactureAthens, Attica, Greece
FindspotAssos (Behramkale), Troad, Anatolia (Turkey)
Medium/TechniqueCeramic, Black Pattern
Dimensions10.2 cm (4 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Archaeological Institute of America
Accession number84.149
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ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceFrom Assos (Behramkale, Turkey); sarcophagus No. 74. 188?: excavated by the Archaeological Institute of America; gift of the Archaeological Institute of America to MFA, January 15, 1884.
Amphora (miniature)
Boulas
early 4th century B.C.
Oil flask (alabastron)
4th century B.C.
View 1
Late 5th century B.C.
Cup (skyphos)
mid 5th century B.C.
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
Ribbed bowl
Late 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.