Aryballos

An aryballos (Greek: ἀρύβαλλος; plural aryballoi) was a small spherical or globular flask with a narrow neck used in Ancient Greece.

[1][2] It was used to contain perfume or oil, and is often depicted in vase paintings being used by athletes during bathing.

The shape of the aryballos originally came from the oinochoe of the Geometric period of the 9th century BCE, a globe-shaped wine jar.

This definitive form has a wide, flat mouth, and a single small handle.

The Austrian commission of the Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum is investigating the material properties of these vessels using computed tomography and optical 3D acquisition techniques.