Meanings
nounalabastron (plural alabastrons or alabastra)
plural alabastrons · plural alabastra
- A kind of ancient pottery vase used for holding oils, and originally made from alabaster.
The discovery, in an early deposit near the Northern Bath, in company with the serpentine vases described above, of the lid of an alabastron with the cartouche of the Hyksos king Khyan.
1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 67
Origin
- Ancient Greekἀλάβαστρον
- Englishalabastron
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρον (alábastron).
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Catalan alabastre
- alabastretype of vase
Chinese Mandarin 雪花瓶
- 雪花瓶type of vase
Finnish alabastron
- alabastrontype of vase
French alabastre
- alabastretype of vase
German Alabastron
- Alabastrontype of vase
Greek αλάβαστρο
- αλάβαστρο (alávastro)type of vase
Polish alabastron
- alabastrontype of vase
Slovak alabastrón
- alabastróntype of vase
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Chicago
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