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Meaning of alabastron | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A kind of ancient pottery vase used for holding oils, and originally made from alabaster.

Equivalents

Deutsch Alabastron
Ελληνικά αλάβαστρο
Français alabastre
Polski alabastron

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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