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Bronze Askos in the Form of a Goatskin in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 2009

Bronze Askos in the Form of a Goatskin in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 2009
Bronze Askos (flask) in the Form of a Goatskin
Greek, 3rd-1st century BC

Accession # 18.12.11

Goatskins were used as containers for wine in antiquity. This example is represented as filled to capacity, with the skin stretched to its limit.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

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