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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On viewClassificationsVessels
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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.
Late 6th–5th century B.C.
Late 6th–5th century B.C.
Late 6th–5th century B.C.
Late 6th–5th century B.C.
mid-4th–late 3rd century B.C.
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.