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Glass flask

Unguentarium with an oval base, squat body and tall narrow neck which forms an annular bulge at the point where it joins the body. The entire outer surface is covered in red pigment. On the red paint, crossing lines have been painted that form a chequer-board pattern.

Code

ΒΥ 177

Type

Flask

Chronology

13th-14th c.

Dimensions

Height 28 cm., greatest diameter of body 14 cm., base diameter 6 εκ.

Material of Construction

Glass

Origin

Thessaloniki, cemetery of the Byzantine monastery of Vlatades

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