ἀλάβαστος [ᾰλᾰ-]
or ἄλᾰβ-στρος, ὁ (ἡ, variant in Ev Marc. 14.3), globular vase without handles for holding perfumes, often made of alabaster, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.20, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1053, 5th c.BC: Crates Comicus 15.6, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 62, 143, etc. (ἀλάβαστος (or -ον)] Refs 5th c.BC+] is the earlier Attic dialect form, [[ “SIG” 102, compare 2nd c.AD: Aelius Dionysius Grammaticus “fragment” 31, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 990] Refs 4th c.BC+]: Doric dialect accusative plural ἀλαβάστρως[[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Lavacrum Palladis” 15)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—neuter ἀλάβαστρον [[ “IG” 2.745 B 4, 11(2).161 B 9 (Delos, 3rd c.BC), LXX.2Ki.21.13 (codex A), variant in NT.Mark.14.3] NT+3rd c.BC+]: plural ἀλάβαστρα or -τα [[3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.114, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.153 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus).] Refs 3rd c.BC+]