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Oil flask (alabastron)
Oil flask (alabastron)

Oil flask (alabastron)

about 5th century B.C.
Place of ManufactureProbably Rhodes, Greece
FindspotAssos (Behramkale), Troad, Anatolia (Turkey)
Medium/TechniqueGlass, core-formed with applied decoration
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 11 x 3.1 cm (4 5/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Archaeological Institute of America
Accession number84.15
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ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceFrom Assos (Behramkale, Turkey); necropolis. 188?: excavated by the Archaeological Institute of America; gift of the Archaeological Institute of America to MFA, January 15, 1884.