Bulbous-shaped unguentarium retrieved intact in 1955 on the south slope of the Acropolis. It is flat-bottomed with tall, slightly tapering neck and overhanging rim. Shallow grooves run around the body. The largest part of the surface remains in clay colour whereas the remaining is covered with slip that varies between brown-red and black due to the firing conditions.

Unguentaria were used for holding and transporting perfume oils as well as various other liquids and solids, such as honey, mastic and spices. Bulbous-shaped unguentaria were in use between the 1st cent. BC down to the 1st cent. AD. They were later replaced with glass unguentaria when the free-blown glassmaking technique enabled the mass production of this type of vessel.