Tear shaped oil flask
- Made:
- 1500-1100 BCE
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Tear shaped oil flask, earthenware, with darker slip decoration, from Cyprus, date uncertain, 1500BC (?) to 2nd century AD(?)
Details
- Category:
- Classical & Medieval Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A655421
- Materials:
- earthenware
- Measurements:
-
length 148 mm
base: diameter 24 mm
body: diameter 46 mm
rim: diameter 27 mm
- type:
- oil bottle
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