# Amphoriskos (Container for Oil)

- By: Ancient Eastern Mediterranean
- Date: Hellenistic, 2nd-1st century BCE
- Medium: Glass, core-formed technique
- Classification: Vessel
- Dimensions: 12.1 × 7.6 × 7.6 cm (4 3/4 × 3 × 3 in.)
- Culture: Eastern Mediterranean Region
- Credit line: Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/67440)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/a4891291-1fa7-aed4-eeb1-d6c81ab369e0/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)