Sprinkler (Shape, Concept)

Canonical URI: https://kerameikos.org/id/sprinkler

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Sprinkler (en), Sprenggefäß (de), ραντιστήριο (el)Additional labels

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The sprinkler varies in size and shape but is generally a round vessel with one or two handles and a flat, perforated bottom. A small hole at the top was used to fill it with liquid, and when the vessel was shaken the liquid would sprinkle from the holes in the base. The context in which the sprinkler would have been used is not entirely clear; at least one was found in the Kerameikos. It may have been used for ritual purification, for lifting and straining wine from a larger vessel, or for aerating wine as it was sprinkled into a drinking cup. Its shape has been likened to both the mastos and rhyton and is sometimes (incorrectly) called “klepsydra.”

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