Piriform Bottle with Double Convex Wall

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Piriform Bottle with Double Convex Wall

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Date1st-2nd century CE

DimensionsGlass Dimensions: 2 13/16 × 7/8 × 2 in. (7.1 × 2.2 × 5.1 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1916.159

Not on View

DescriptionThis piriform bottle with a double convex wall is made of medium thin, transparent natural green glass with a dusky yellow-green tint (5 G 5/2). It was free-blown and tooled, with no evidence of a pontil mark. The body contains a few pinprick and small spherical bubbles. The rim is carefully folded outward, upward, inward, and flattened. A cylindrical neck, showing a slight tool mark at its base, transitions into a near-conical body that narrows at the center before flaring again, creating the characteristic double convex profile. The base is flattened. This vessel is related in shape to other double convex examples in the collection (e.g., 1923.1147, 1923.1148, 1916.162) and resembles bottles illustrated in Vessberg 1952 (pl. VII, nos. 28–29) and Hayes 1975 (no. 215, fig. 8; pl. 10). Further comparisons include examples published by Bagatti and Milik (Dominus Flevit), as well as Barag (1970), with a suggested date ranging from the second quarter to the end of the 1st century CE.

Comparative ReferencesSee also Vessberg 1952, pl. VII nos. 28-29. Hayes 1975, no. 215 fig. 8 and pl. 10 gives no other parallels except Vessberg. Check Bagatti and Milik, Dominus Flevit A II 226-233 (dated ? mid 3 c by Barag) but cf. Franciscans in Nazareth 71 Barag 1970 (pl. 13) dated 2nd quart - end of 1st c and idem(?) from Huqoq. Amman in QDAP.