Tubular Bottle
Tubular Bottle
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Datepossibly first century
DimensionsH: 4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm); Rim Diam: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm); Body Diam: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1126
Not on View
DescriptionFabric cannot be determined.
Translucent dark ruby red (purplish), appearing black.
Free-blown. No pontil mark.
Rim folded outward, downward, upward, and inward. Cylindrical neck with constriction at its base. Tubular body more than two-thirds of total height. Base flattened.
CLASSIFICATION: Tubular Unguentarium Class IA2.
First half of first century
Probably Second half of First Century
Third quarter of first century
Mid to third Quarter of the 1st century
Probably third quarter of of first century
First half of first century
First half of first century
First half of first century
1st century CE
Probably mid -second to mid-third century
First half to third quarter of first century
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