© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Girona
Omeka ID 204
Empúries
Colonisations

amphoriskos

MAC GIR-040789

Object type
amphoriskos
Production date
-600 / -375
Fabric
pre-Roman Eastern Mediterranean glass
Museum
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Girona
Culture
Colonisations
Discovery location
Empúries
Materials
glass paste
Township
Escala, l' (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Girona, Alt Empordà)
Technique
modelled on core
Where is it?
MASPG
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.