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Glass Aryballos with a Bronze Handle in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 2010

Glass Aryballos with a Bronze Handle in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 2010
Glass Aryballos (oil flask) with Bronze Handle
Roman, free-blown, 1st-2nd century AD

Accession # 17.194.191

Such bottles were used for carrying oil to the baths. There the oil was applied to the skin and then scraped off with the strigil.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
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