
Courtesy of National Museums Liverpool, World Museum
Alabastron (Perfume Vase)
1973.1.281.21
Information
Long thin flask with narrow neck and rounded base, used in antiquity for holding oil, especially perfume or massage oils.
CONDITION NOTE (1998): Incomplete, surface dirt, worn, pitted.
Compare shape with W. M. F. Petrie, 'Stone and Metal Vases' (London, 1937) no. 965.