ancientpeoples: Terracotta aryballos (oil flask) in the form of three cockleshells (6.2 cm/2 &frac
ancientpeoples: Terracotta aryballos (oil flask) in the form of three cockleshells (6.2 cm/2 ½ in high) Inscribed on the lip, “the boy is fair.” Such small bottles held the olive oil used by athletes to cleanse themselves after exercise. Attic Greek, Archaic period, late 6th century B.C. Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Terracotta Aryballos in the form of Three Cockleshells - Archaic Greek/Attic Greekca. 500 - 600 BCE/BC -- source link
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