Perfume vessel with a rounded base and constricted neck.
Greek A small flask or bottle for perfumes and oils. Appearance often having flat lips, thin neck, cylindrical bodies, and two small side handles.
(Greek), alabastrum (Latin) A small bottle or flask for perfume or toilet oil, usually with a flattened rim, a narrow neck, a cylindrical body, and two small handles.
(14) -- a slim oil container of clay or stone with rounded end, narrow neck, and flaring mouth (Biers, 335; Warren, 139)
The alabastron is an Egyptian vase in its origin. Its name is driven from the word alabaster, a hard compact calcite or aragonite, and produced in ceramic, glass, marble and faience. It was used in the Greek period to contain perfumes and had a role in the funerary ritual.
An alabastron (plural: alabastra or alabastrons) is a type of pottery used in the ancient world for holding oil, especially perfume or massage oils. They originated around the 11th century BC in ancient Egypt as containers carved from alabaster – hence the name – but spread via ancient Greece to other parts of the classical world.