Exaleiptron

Archaeological museum Messenia, Kalamata

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Exaleiptron

5th century BCE

Archaeological museum Messenia, Kalamata

Karpophora, Messenia

 Terracotta

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ceramic black-glazed exaleiptron, a vessel for scented oil. Found in a chamber tomb with offerings of the geometric and classical periods at Karpophora, near the prehistoric settlement at Nichoria.