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Alabastron

JORDAN, Pella
Alabastron
 1575 BCE-1425 BCE

Medium
gypsum

Measurements
5.8 × 5.2 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the University of Sydney, Pella Project, 1996

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Pella, Jordan

Accession Number
1996.490

Department
Antiquities

Physical description
Vessel with wide, near-flat base tapering to narrow neck and wide ledge rim decorated with incised circles with central dots. Chisel-made interior.

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