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Oil flask (aryballos)

1st–2nd century A.D. or later
Medium/TechniqueGlass; free-blown with attached glass and bronze handles; wheel-cut lines around center of body
DimensionsHeight: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number01.8227
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceBy 1901: with A. Khayat, Boston; purchased by MFA from A. Khayat, November 1901
Amphora
1st–2nd century A.D.
Group shot: 93.19-21, 08.188, 08.197, 08.194
4th–5th century A.D.
Cosmetic tube
6th century AD
Bottle with two handles
1st century A.D.
Costmetic flask
about 4th century A.D.
Group shot:  93.17, 93.27, 30.403
4th or mid 4th–early 5th century A.D.
Group shot: 93.19-21, 08.188, 08.197, 08.194
4th–5th century A.D.