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Funerary loutrophoros
Athens, Greece Late Classical period, mid-4th century BCE Pentelic marble H: 155 cm Gift of Ella Brummer, Durham, North Carolina, to American Friends of the Israel Museum, In memory of her husband Ernest Brummer Accession number: 80.50.64 a |
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The loutrophoros was a pottery vessel used in Athens to carry water from the holy spring of Kallirrhoe for ceremonial washing before marriage. When a person, man or woman, died unmarried, his gravemarker was sometimes made in the distinctive shape of this vessel, alluding to the experience that he never lived to enjoy.
Publications: Birchall, A. et al., et al., The Ernest Brummer Collection, Ancient Art, II, 1979 Exhibition: Brummer Exhibition, Rockefeller Museum 1994 Digital presentation of this object was made possible by: The Ridgefield Foundation, New York, in memory of Henry J. and Erna D. Leir |
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