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Accession_Number 13.10.24
Shape Alabastron
Shape_description Cylindrical alabastron, with rounded base, tapering at both ends, more sharply to the mouth; the shape, dimensions, and proportions are comparable to that of Ure 13.10.23, which is, however, complete.
Material Alabaster
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 5Y 8/1
Decoration Surface once polished, but now dull.
Inscriptions
Condition Single piece, broken off at the neck, below the rim; surface dulled, worn, slightly eroded, and cracked, especially at the base.
Technique/Style
Provenance Salamis, Cyprus
Period Late Classical
Date 4 c.
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.98.0254.jpg		Side view of a Cypriote alabaster alabastron.

2003.98.0255.jpg		Side view of a Cypriote alabaster alabastron.

2003.98.0256.jpg		Bottom view of a Cypriote alabaster alabastron, showing the rounded base.

2003.98.0295.jpg		Top view of a Cypriote alabaster alabastron, showing the broken top.

2010.99.0059.jpg		Top view of a Cypriote alabaster alabastron on its side, showing the broken top.

2010.99.0060.jpg		Side view of a Cypriote alabaster alabastron on its side.

2010.99.0061.jpg		Bottom view of a Cypriote alabaster alabastron, showing the rounded base.

2010.99.0062.jpg		Side view of a Cypriote alabaster alabastron on its side.

2010.99.0063.jpg		Oblique view of Cypriote alabaster alabastron, showing the broken top and body.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 17.0
Diameters Base 4.1; max. 5.5; min. (top) 2.5
Handle_height
Other_dims.
Location 2.2.1
Edited_by Jessica; Amy; Jayne
Date_edited 11.06.2003; 20.07.2009; 27.04.22
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