alabastron|alabastrons in English

noun

vessel originally made from alabaster stone and used to store perfumed oils (in ancient Egypt and Greece)

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1. An alabastron / ˌæləˈbæstrən, - ˌtrɒn / or alabastrum / ˌæləˈbæstrəm / ( plural: Alabastra or alabastrons; from Greek ἀλάβαστρον) is a small type of pottery or glass vessel used in the ancient world for holding oil, especially perfume or massage oils

2. Red-figured alabastron: two women, Greek, Attic Group of the Paidikos Alabastra, active ca

3. These small vaselike vessels for perfume were originally made of stone found near Alabastron, Egypt.

4. The name of small perfume jars originally made of a stone found near Alabastron, Egypt.

5. Alabastra is the plural of Alabastron which is par excellence the container that, in the Mediterranean since the antiquity, enshrines liquids and precious fragrances

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7. Alabaster, from the Arabic al bastraton, a whitish stone or from Alabastron, the place in Egypt where it is found.It occurs only in ( Matthew 26:7; Mark 14:3; Luke 7:37) The ancients considered Alabaster to be the best material in which to preserve their ointments.The Oriental Alabaster (referred to in the Bible) is a translucent carbonate of lime, formed on the floors of limestone caves by