Object from Athens NAM
1st century BC
“Ancient hot-water bottles”
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Ancient clay hot-water bottles from the National Archaeological Museum. Snapshot for the conservation of the triangular flask (hot-water bottle), inv no NAM A 27857.
Ancient clay hot-water bottles from the National Archaeological Museum.
Stamped inscription: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΗΣ. Detail from the triangular flask (hot-water bottle) from Tanagra (?), inv no NAM A 2235.
Graphic attribution of the functional position of such vessels from the cemetery of Gialova, Messenia. (©Archaeological Museum of Pylos/Ministry of Culture and Sports)
Ancient clay hot-water bottles from the National Archaeological Museum. Snapshot for the conservation of the triangular flask (hot-water bottle), inv no NAM A 27857.
Ancient clay hot-water bottles from the National Archaeological Museum.
Stamped inscription: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΗΣ. Detail from the triangular flask (hot-water bottle) from Tanagra (?), inv no NAM A 2235.
Graphic attribution of the functional position of such vessels from the cemetery of Gialova, Messenia. (©Archaeological Museum of Pylos/Ministry of Culture and Sports)
Ancient clay hot-water bottles from the National Archaeological Museum. Snapshot for the conservation of the triangular flask (hot-water bottle), inv no NAM A 27857.
The
Unseen Museum
is the well-known exhibition project of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens that brings to the fore antiquities stored in its vaults away from the visitor’s eyes.
In the late spring of 2023 the Unseen Museum presents the
“ancient hot-water bottles”
. It is a set of clay vessels for therapeutic use, dating from the end of the 3rd to the 1st century BC, from Athens, Chalkis, Tanagra and from other origins. These objects, which for years were characterized as ordinary flasks, were recognized as the paraphernalia of doctors, athletes and pharmacists of antiquity. The strange shapes and the special way of making them made them suitable for the relief of various ailments. The “ancient hot-water bottles” ar
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Ancient clay hot-water bottles from the National Archaeological Museum. Snapshot for the conservation of the triangular flask (hot-water bottle), inv no NAM A 27857.
Ancient clay hot-water bottles from the National Archaeological Museum.
Stamped inscription: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΗΣ. Detail from the triangular flask (hot-water bottle) from Tanagra (?), inv no NAM A 2235.
Graphic attribution of the functional position of such vessels from the cemetery of Gialova, Messenia. (©Archaeological Museum of Pylos/Ministry of Culture and Sports)
Ancient clay hot-water bottles from the National Archaeological Museum. Snapshot for the conservation of the triangular flask (hot-water bottle), inv no NAM A 27857.
Ancient clay hot-water bottles from the National Archaeological Museum.
Stamped inscription: ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΗΣ. Detail from the triangular flask (hot-water bottle) from Tanagra (?), inv no NAM A 2235.
Graphic attribution of the functional position of such vessels from the cemetery of Gialova, Messenia. (©Archaeological Museum of Pylos/Ministry of Culture and Sports)
Ancient clay hot-water bottles from the National Archaeological Museum. Snapshot for the conservation of the triangular flask (hot-water bottle), inv no NAM A 27857.
The
Unseen Museum
is the well-known exhibition project of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens that brings to the fore antiquities stored in its vaults away from the visitor’s eyes.
In the late spring of 2023 the Unseen Museum presents the
“ancient hot-water bottles”
. It is a set of clay vessels for therapeutic use, dating from the end of the 3rd to the 1st century BC, from Athens, Chalkis, Tanagra and from other origins. These objects, which for years were characterized as ordinary flasks, were recognized as the paraphernalia of doctors, athletes and pharmacists of antiquity. The strange shapes and the special way of making them made them suitable for the relief of various ailments. The “ancient hot-water bottles” ar
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