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Donor: Rogers Fund, 1923
Photographer: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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H: 6.2 cm
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Dates to c. late 6th century BCE. The inscription reads 'the boy is fair'. It was used to hold perfumes or oils used by athletes. Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Terracotta aryballos (oil flask) in the form of three cockleshells." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Online. Accessed May 24, 2017. http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/251377
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Small aryballos in the shape of shells with an inscription on the lip.
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Gallery 154
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