Tubular Bottle
Tubular Bottle
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean
DateMid to third Quarter of the 1st century
DimensionsH: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1319
Not on View
DescriptionThis free-blown tubular bottle, classified as a Tubular Unguentarium Class IA2, is made from very heavy translucent green glass with fine iridescence. The glass is thick and the fabric cannot be determined due to weathering. A circular scar remains on the base, about 1.5 cm in diameter.
The bottle has a club-shaped body with a straight cylindrical neck and a flat mouth rim. The rim is folded outward and upward, then inward and flattened. The tall neck features a constriction at its base, leading into the tall triangular body, which makes up about half of the vessel’s total height. The base is flattened.
Probably Late 1st to early 2nd Century
3rd-4th century CE
Late second to mid-3rd century
Probably 2nd century
Late 1st to mid-2nd century
probably 2nd century
2nd-4th century CE
First half of 3rd century
1st century CE
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