This alabaster vase is a beautiful example of stone production of Egyptian masons. It belongs to the "alabastron" type, wide neck/rim and concave base. The two handles, from where to hold it, are not perforated. Its use as unguent or perfume container is well documented in several pieces.
VVAA, De Gabinete a Museo. Tres siglos de Historia. Exposición, 1993, P. 419 nº 288.
NIÑO Y MAS, F., Colección de antigüedades egipcias, greco-romanas, romanas y cristianas donadas por Fray Fco. Roque Martinez, Adquisiciones del Museo Arqueológico Nacional en 1930-31, 1931, Lám.III.
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