Oil flask (alabastron)
Medium/TechniqueGlass, core-formed
DimensionsLegacy dimension: 0.08 H.
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number01.8224
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ProvenanceBy 1901: with E. P. Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Pozzuoli. There had been recent finds near Cumae & the shop was filled with things thence.); purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, December 1901
about 500–475 B.C.
about 350–250 B.C.
2nd–1st century B.C.
mid-2nd–1st century B.C.
mid-2nd–1st century B.C.
late 6th–5th century B.C.
5th–early 4th century B.C.
Late 6th–5th century B.C.
Late 6th–5th century B.C.
Late 6th–5th century B.C.
Late 6th–5th century B.C.
about 5th century B.C.