Alabastron
68-36-8
From: Italy | Etruria | Vulci
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 68-36-8 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Vulci |
| Locus | Osteria |
| Date Made | 7th century BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Etrusco-Corinthian |
| Description | Mended and plastered at rim and lower body. Dark deposits on one side. Round base; elongated ovoid body; ridge under thick out turned rim. Red/black glazed dec,; black circle on base; 3 sets of sloppy, mostly red bands spaced along body; band below ridge; rim painted from ridge to just over lip. Polished, fired light buff. |
| Height | 21.4 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 4.95 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Hercle Excavation Company; funded in Memory of Hugh Kirkwood Duffield, 1968 |
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