Tubular Bottle CS59
Date: probably mid 2nd-mid 3rd century CE
Dimensions:
Weight: 72.63: 1.6 lb., 6 1/2 in. (0.7 kg, 16.5 cm)
of body: 2 1/16 × 1 3/8 × 1 5/16 in. (5.2 × 3.5 × 3.3 cm)
Medium: glass with fabric
Place of Origin: probably from Egypt
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1908.34
DescriptionFree-blown and tooled.
Translucent dusky green (5 G 3/2).
Circular scar on base ca. 1.5 cm.
Wedge-shaped rim, folded outward/upward and upward/inward; tool mark on interior. Tall concave neck broadening toward base; tool mark at less than one-third of total height, ca. 5.2 cm above base. No distinct body. Flat base.
CLASSIFICATION Candlestick Class XIIID"2a
Thick glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Translucent dusky green (5 G 3/2).
Circular scar on base ca. 1.5 cm.
Wedge-shaped rim, folded outward/upward and upward/inward; tool mark on interior. Tall concave neck broadening toward base; tool mark at less than one-third of total height, ca. 5.2 cm above base. No distinct body. Flat base.
CLASSIFICATION Candlestick Class XIIID"2a
Thick glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Not on view
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