| Accession_Number | 13.10.23 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shape | Alabastron | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shape_description | Elongated ovoid body, tapering at the bottom to a convex but nearly flat base and at the top, more gradually, to a very short neck with concave sides, then a broad rim, slightly concave on upper and lower sides, with a narrow mouth; two lugs (with wavy ridges), parallel to eachother, on either side of the vase, approximately 1/3 below the rim. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | Alabaster | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fabric | Cypriote | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Munsell_color | 5Y 7/2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Condition | Intact and complete; the surface has eroded all over, and completely through the body of the vase on its shoulder. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Provenance | Salamis | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Period | Cypro-Classical I | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 475-400 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Comparanda | Almost identical to Quebec, Musée de l'Amérique Française inv. 1991.1711: CCA 16 (1996) 132 no. 493. V. Karageorghis notes that such alabastra made of local gypsum (a material used since the Late Bronze Age) are common in the Salamis Necropolis throughout the Classical period: Excavations at Salamis 3 (1973) 197. Compare also to a 'false alabastron' made of limestone in Sydney, Nicholson Museum 47.342 (Cambridge Loan no. 103): CCA 20 (2001) 123 no. 346 and some such alabastra found at Salamis: V. Karageorghis, Excavations at Salamis IV.1-2 (1970) 86 no. 8, pls. CXIII and CCXXXVII (Cellarka) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Archive_Ref | reference 1 reference 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 21.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Diameters | Rim 4.9; mouth 1.5; neck 2.6; body (max.) 5.3; base 4.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Handle_height | H. 1.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other_dims. | Th. rim 0.9; W. lug 0.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Citizenship | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Edited_by | Jessica; Kinsey; Amy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date_edited | 11.06.2003; 06.01.2006; 23.07.2009 |
