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Two women
The women are shown in the domestic quarters, indicated by the casket and the kalathos (wool basket) between them. This is a simple object but just what an Athenian woman would have used in life and received as an offering in her grave.
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Title: Terracotta alabastron (perfume vase)
Period: Classical
Date: ca. 440–430 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure, white-ground
Dimensions: H.: 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
Object Number: 06.1021.150
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