amphoriskos

MAC GIR-040789
Object type amphoriskos
Fabric pre-Roman Eastern Mediterranean glass
Culture/period Colonisations
Materials glass paste
Technique modelled on core
Production date -600 / -375
Seu Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Girona
Current location MASPG
Archaeological site Empúries
Township Escala, l' (Alt Empordà)
Dimensions 86 x 55 mm
Description
Ointment container in the form of a small amphora used for storing perfume, called amphorisc, with a body finishing in a pivot in the form of a small circle and two vertical handles in dark blue. Shaped on a core, the decoration is of applied glass threads in the form of a zigzag, in yellow and greenish-blue.
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