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However, cases made of genuine alabaster were used for the more costly ointments and perfumes, like those with which Jesus was anointed on two occasions​-once at the house of a Pharisee in Galilee and once at the house of Simon the leper in Bethany. This is an abstract art of the broken alabastar jar based on the incident that the Bible speaks about in Luke 7:36-39.

She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus head. Mark 14:3 While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. A less costly material, such as gypsum, was used to make similar-looking jars these too were called alabasters, simply because of the use to which they were put. a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, which she poured on His head as He reclined at the table. The jar shown here was discovered in Egypt and dates from somewhere between 150 B.C.E. Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, Why this waste of perfume It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages and the money given to the poor. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head. The stone itself, a form of calcium carbonate, came to be known by the name Alabastron. While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. This alabaster jar is all I have of worth I break it at Your feet, Lord, its less than You Deserve Youre far more beautiful, more precious than the oil The sum of my desires and the fullness of my joy Like You spilled Your blood, I spill my heart As an offering to my King Here I am, take me as an offering Here I am, giving every heartbeat for.

These small vaselike vessels for perfume were originally made of stone found near Alabastron, Egypt. Alabaster Jars is a non-profit organization formed in 2018 to raise prayer and partners so that we can provide training, equipping, and projects that open doors. In Ancient Egypt, alabaster jars were used as containers for ointment, perfume, and other cosmetic products, such as kohl.