Date-shaped Bottle
Date: Mid-first to early second century
Dimensions:
H: 2 5/8 in. (6.63 cm); H (body): 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Max Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm); Rim Diam: 11/16 in. (1.78 cm)
Medium: Medium thin glass, mold-blown and tooled.
Place of Origin: Phoenicia
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1923.578
DescriptionTranslucent yellowish brown. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Rim tooled. Body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections. One continuous mold seam around body, extends onto one side of neck (MCT VIII).
Everted rim, folded inward and downward for two-thirds of circumference. Flaring neck. Body shaped like a fat date.
Relief pattern of short, fat, wavy ridges and hooks, imitating the wrinkles in the skin of a ripe date.
Translucent yellowish brown.
Rim tooled. Body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections. One continuous mold seam around body, extends onto one side of neck (MCT VIII).
Everted rim, folded inward and downward for two-thirds of circumference. Flaring neck. Body shaped like a fat date.
Relief pattern of short, fat, wavy ridges and hooks, imitating the wrinkles in the skin of a ripe date.
Rim tooled. Body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections. One continuous mold seam around body, extends onto one side of neck (MCT VIII).
Everted rim, folded inward and downward for two-thirds of circumference. Flaring neck. Body shaped like a fat date.
Relief pattern of short, fat, wavy ridges and hooks, imitating the wrinkles in the skin of a ripe date.
Translucent yellowish brown.
Rim tooled. Body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections. One continuous mold seam around body, extends onto one side of neck (MCT VIII).
Everted rim, folded inward and downward for two-thirds of circumference. Flaring neck. Body shaped like a fat date.
Relief pattern of short, fat, wavy ridges and hooks, imitating the wrinkles in the skin of a ripe date.
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