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title: Attic Louterion
author: Trustees of the British Museum
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# Attic Louterion

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## Image File

[![Attic Louterion](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/1233.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/1233.jpg)

## Image Caption

An Attic louterion vessel, used for pouring water, wine or in funeral rites and usually wiith a central spout as in this example, 760-735 BCE. (British Museum, London).

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museum, T. o. t. B. (2013, May 17). Attic Louterion. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1233/attic-louterion/>
### Chicago
Museum, Trustees of the British. "Attic Louterion." *World History Encyclopedia*, May 17, 2013. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1233/attic-louterion/>.
### MLA
Museum, Trustees of the British. "Attic Louterion." *World History Encyclopedia*, 17 May 2013, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1233/attic-louterion/>.

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© Trustees of the [British Museum](http://www.britishmuseum.org/). Republished under the British Museum [Standard Terms of Use](http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_this_site/terms_of_use.aspx) for non-profit educational purposes. [Original image](http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=458975&partId=1&searchText=Louterion&images=true&view=list&page=1) by [**Trustees of the British Museum**](http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=458975&partId=1&searchText=Louterion&images=true&view=list&page=1). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 17 May 2013. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.