id: 159063 accession number: 1995.262.b share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.262.b updated: 2023-03-15 15:46:23.155000 Alabastron (stopper), 305–222 BC. Egypt, early Ptolemaic Dynasty. Travertine; diameter: 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.); overall: 22.9 cm (9 in.); stopper: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.); body: 19.1 x 2.5 cm (7 1/2 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1995.262.b title: Alabastron (stopper) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 305–222 BC creation date earliest: -305 creation date latest: -222 current location: 107 Egyptian creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Egypt, early Ptolemaic Dynasty technique: travertine department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art collection: Egypt - Ptolemaic Dynasty type: Vessels find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.); Overall: 22.9 cm (9 in.); Stopper: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.); Body: 19.1 x 2.5 cm (7 1/2 x 1 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: This is the lid to a perfume holder which might have been attached to a string, making it easily portable. digital description: wall description: Both ancient Egyptian men and women loved cosmetics. Unguents, oils, and perfumes made from aromatic plant resins and gums were obtained at great cost from distant lands. The objects identified with cosmetics were given lavish treatment. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 486, cat. no. 382 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.262.b/1995.262.b_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.262.b/1995.262.b_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.262.b/1995.262.b_full.tif