August 22, 2023
Description
This vessel was made in Corinth, a city in south-central Greece. Corinth was once a main hub for trade, but today it is filled with ancient ruins. In the late eighth century BCE, Corinthians learned how to make perfumed olive oil from their contacts in the Near East. The Corinthians bottled the perfumed olive oil in aryballoses (the plural form of aryballos).
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