In contrast to the luxury tableware productions appreciated in Egypt and the Greek world, the repertoire of Phoenician and Punic ceramics is almost exclusively restricted to purely functional types intended for domestic use, transport and the preservation of foodstuffs. Small jugs imitating (precious) metal prototypes, often covered with a thick, polished red slip, signal the Phoenician presence in the Mediterranean world, as well as oil lamps with a pinched spout for a wick. Likewise, the "mushroom vases" and the bichrome wares count among the characteristic types exported to the Atlantic coasts of Europe and Africa in the wake of the Phoenician expansion. A hanging container vaguely recalls the Mycenaean pyxides and illustrates an early example of cult ceramics. Between the 9th and 6th centuries, a type of thymiaterion (incense burners) with double bowl (and small plate for collecting the ashes) was developed and used in temples and domestic chapels. E.G.