Squat Bulbous Bottle
Squat Bulbous Bottle
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date4th-5th century CE
DimensionsH: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); Rim Diam: 1 11/16 in. (4.4 cm); Body Diam: 2 in. (5.2 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1038
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few small and medium-sized bubbles (0.3 cm).
Transparent natural pale green (10 G 6/2). Translucent moderate blue green (near 5 BG 4/6) thread.
Free-blown. Pontil mark, over reamer mark ca. 1.1 cm. Added thread.
Rim rounded in flame with tool mark below edge on ca. one-third of interior. Funnel neck. Horizontal shoulder. Squat bulbous body with greatest diameter at middle. Concave base with kick.
On neck, twelve revolutions of thread. On lower half of body, zigzag from right to left with fourteen points in each direction continuing with four and a half revolutions on upper body and shoulder.
CLASSIFICATION: Bottle blue zigzag group.
4th-5th century CE
Late fourth to late fifth century
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
3rd-4th century CE
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Fourth century
3rd-4th century CE
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
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