Acquisition number: 2009.03
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Intact but somewhat incrusted. Pale reddish-buff clay, yellow-buff on the surface. The mouth and upper neck were dipped in paint which has fired a dull black.
Title: Unguentarium - 2009.03.8
Acquisition number: 2009.03
Culture or period: Punic.
Date: Phase V: Late Hellenistic to Early Roman.
Material: Clay - Terracotta
Object type: Unguentarium
Dimensions: 214mm (h)
Origin region or location: Malta
Display case or on loan: 2
Keywords: Maltese, Punic
C. Sagona, Mediterranean Archaeology 9-10, 1996-97, 42 no. 15.
2009.03.8
Unguentarium
Ht 21.4cm.
(Parliament of Australia inventory number 01/0069.010)
Intact but somewhat incrusted. Pale reddish-buff clay, yellow-buff on the surface. The mouth and upper neck were dipped in paint which has fired a dull black.
A large example of the shape. Probably Middle Hellenistic. Sagona places it in Phase V: Late Hellenistic to Early Roman.
Compare the example from the area of Gela in Sicily, 1966.03 in this catalogue, and the references given there.
C. Sagona, Mediterranean Archaeology 9-10, 1996-97, 42 no. 15.
Parliament of Australia.
Parliament Dr, Canberra ACT 2600.