alabaster jars
White stone containers
Alabaster jars are containers carved from alabaster, a soft, translucent stone typically white or cream-colored.
The phrase carries biblical resonance—in the Gospels, a woman breaks an alabaster jar of expensive perfume to anoint Jesus.
This association gives the phrase a sense of precious contents and sacrificial devotion: She poured out her love like perfume from an alabaster jar.
- ancient EgyptNile civilization of antiquity
- Egyptian tombsAncient royal sepulchers
- calciteCrystalline calcium carbonate
- ritual objectsItems with ceremonial purpose
- funeral ritesCustoms for honoring deceased
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alabaster jarsclay vessels
Containers made from fired earth
plastic bottles · leather pouches · wooden boxes · tin cans · plastic containers