Alabaster alabastron
Culture
Ancient Egyptian
DateLate Period, about 664–332 BCE
Mediumlight colored alabaster, stratified
Dimensions16.3 × 6.1 cm (6 7/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsUtilitarian Objects
Credit LineMrs. Kingsmill Marrs Collection
Terms
Object number1926.102
Label TextStone vessels typically carved of calcite (named alabaster by the Greeks) were used as containers for perfume and oils. Such flasks were traded throughout the ancient world from Nubia to Greece, Italy, and Asia Minor. The form was often copied in other media on foreign shores and called an alabastron.
ProvenanceFormerly of Mrs. Kingsmill Marrs Collection; bequeathed by Mrs. Kingsmill Marrs to the Worcester Art Museum, 1925–1926.On View
Not on view
