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- An alabastron /ˌæləˈbæstrən, -ˌtrɒn/ or alabastrum /ˌæləˈbæstrəm/ (plural: alabastra or alabastrons; from the Gr**** ἀλάβαστρον) is a small type of pottery...
- black-figure and also on many different types of pottery such an olpe, krater, alabastron, and dinos. Across all depictions, hoplite soldiers wear the same armor...
- for ointment jars called alabastra came from a region of Egypt known as Alabastron or Alabastrites. The purest alabaster is a snow-white material of fine...
- a native of Hebenu (Coptic: ⲡⲙⲁⲛϩⲁⲃⲓⲛ, Koinē Gr****: Ἀλάβαστρων πόλις Alábastrōn pólis, Arabic: الحفن, romanized: al-Khafn), a village located near Antinoöpolis...
- on rising ground above the harbor. A jar in calcite or alabaster, an alabastron, with the quadrilingual signature of Achaemenid ruler Xerxes I (ruled...
- Gardner Wilkinson visited Amarna twice in the 1820s and identified it as Alabastron, following the sometimes contradictory descriptions of Roman-era authors...
- preferred shapes during this period were the vapheio cup, semi globular cup, alabastron, and piriform jar. During this period there is a drastic increase in the...
- Persian ****d of gold artefacts, (550–330 BC) Jar of Xerxes I, alabaster alabastron with quadrilingual signature of Achaemenid ruler Xerxes I, found in the...
- Lydian–Milesian War A silver alabastron from the Karun Treasure, alternatively known as 'the Lydian ****d'. The middle frame shows a skirmish between hoplites...
- trousers and carrying a shield with an attached patterned cloth and a quiver. Ancient Gr**** Attic white-ground alabastron, c. 470 BC, British Museum, London...