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aryballos Greek Antiq.|ærɪˈbæləs|
[ad. Gr. ἀρύβαλλος bag, purse, oil-flask.]
A flask with a globular body and narrow neck used as a container for oil or unguent.
1848G. Dennis Cities & Cemeteries Etruria p. xcix, Ointment and perfume vases... The aryballos receives its name from its resemblance to a purse. 1858S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pott. II. ii. ix, The aryballos was a vase always described as like a purse... It..was carried with the strigil to the bath. 1882J. F. Molloy It is no Wonder II. x. 296 An aryballos, signed by Xenophantus, and magnificently ornamented by a wonderful crowd of figures in relief. 1935Richter & Milne Shapes & Names Ath. Vases 16 Aryballos. Oil bottle with narrow neck, commonly used by athletes at the bath. 1946Antiquity XX. 53 The second, a flat-bottomed aryballos is an early middle Corinthian piece. |