Unguentarium
Date: 2nd-4th century CE
Dimensions:
Glass Dimensions: 8 11/16 × 1 11/16 × 3 13/16 in. (22.1 × 4.3 × 9.7 cm)
Medium: glass
Place of Origin: possibly Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean
Classification: Glass
Object number: 1916.152
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Colorless, with yellow tinge; flared folded rim; neck widens slightly toward shoulder; flat circular body, top of body rises slightly toward center.
Free-blown, tooled. No pontil mark.
Narrow hollow rim, outsplayed horizontally, rolled inward, and flattened to form a broad brim. Tall tapering neck with constriction at its base. Flat bell-shaped body less than one-fifth of total height with walls in an elongated "s" curve. Concave base.
CLASSIFICATION Candlestick Class VIIB1a
Transparent decolored glass with yellowish gray tinge (5 Y 7/2).
Colorless, with yellow tinge; flared folded rim; neck widens slightly toward shoulder; flat circular body, top of body rises slightly toward center.
Free-blown, tooled. No pontil mark.
Narrow hollow rim, outsplayed horizontally, rolled inward, and flattened to form a broad brim. Tall tapering neck with constriction at its base. Flat bell-shaped body less than one-fifth of total height with walls in an elongated "s" curve. Concave base.
CLASSIFICATION Candlestick Class VIIB1a
Transparent decolored glass with yellowish gray tinge (5 Y 7/2).
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