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NM Ant 2021 :: unguentarium

Object description: Fusiform unguentarium. Slender shape with tall, ovoid body. Tall, concave stem. Flat, flaring base, separated from stem by special moulding. Stem and base hollowed. Tall, narrow neck, slightly concave. Projecting mouth with straight, lipless rim. Broad, interior rim band. Mouth and upper part of neck painted. Fine, pale reddish-brown fabric with very fine mica. Dark reddish-brown paint, fired black in places.

Object description: An unguentarium (pl. unguentaria) is a small container, typically made of clay or glass, for oil and perfumes. They are mostly associated with Hellenistic and Roman contexts, especially as grave goods.

Inventory number

NM Ant 2021

Serie nummer

7470

Object

unguentarium

Country - Findspot

Cyprus : Europe

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Cypern

Material

Terracotta; Clay; Earthenware; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Terrakotta; Keramik; Lera; Keramik

Acquisition

Description, Swedish

Unguentarium, terrakotta

Description

Fusiform unguentarium. Slender shape with tall, ovoid body. Tall, concave stem. Flat, flaring base, separated from stem by special moulding. Stem and base hollowed. Tall, narrow neck, slightly concave. Projecting mouth with straight, lipless rim. Broad, interior rim band. Mouth and upper part of neck painted. Fine, pale reddish-brown fabric with very fine mica. Dark reddish-brown paint, fired black in places.; An unguentarium (pl. unguentaria) is a small container, typically made of clay or glass, for oil and perfumes. They are mostly associated with Hellenistic and Roman contexts, especially as grave goods.

Period

C.H. (325-50 BC)

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

-325

Time - Manufacturing, latest

-50

Name - Acquired from

Benedicks-Bruce, Carolina

Description: Carolina Maria Benedicks-Bruce (28 October 1856 – 16 February 1935) was a Swedish sculptor. After studies at the Academy of Arts in Sweden she went to France, at first to study and later to live and work at the artists' colony in Grez-sur-Loing where she met her husband William Blair Bruce. With him she returned to Sweden and together they created the artists estate Brucebo on Gotland, which was later established as a nature reserve. She also worked actively with the preservation of heritage buildings, women's right to vote and establishing the Swedish Women's Voluntary Defence Organization.
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Name - Owner