balsamarium

/ˌbɔːl.səˈmɛəɹi.əm/

Etymology

From balsam + -arium.

balsamarium means an ancient vessel for holding balsam. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.

noun

An ancient vessel for holding balsam.“Ms. Wight said that as recently as May the museum bought an important late Hellenistic or early Roman bronze balsamarium, or oil vessel, in the shape of a boxer’s head from a private collection in the United States that has documentation stretching back to the 1870s.”