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Unguentarium
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Unguentarium

Place ExcavatedCaesarea, Israel, Asia
CultureGreek
Date2nd-mid 1st Century BCE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineLink Marine Expedition, 1960
Dimensions4 11/16 x 1 1/2 in. (11.9 x 3.8 cm)
Object number1960.033
Label TextFusiform, or spindle-shaped, with elongated neck and cylindrical stem base.
Exhibition HistoryA Preview of the Collections, Schatten Gallery, February 15 - April 4, 1982
Five Continents-Nine Millennia, Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, International Concourse E, March 1995 - November 1996
Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, International Concourse E, March 1997-March 1, 2000
ProvenanceExcavated by Link Marine Expedition, Israel, 1960.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
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1st-early 2nd Century CE
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late 4th-7th Century CE
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late 4th - 7th Century CE
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1st-early 2nd Century CE
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50 BCE-100 CE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
4th Century CE
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331 BCE-330 CE
© Bruce M. White, 2006.
late 19th-early 20th Century
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1st Century CE
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1st Century CE