Double Convex Bottle
Double Convex Bottle
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date1st-2nd century CE
DimensionsGlass Dimensions: 1 3/4 × 5/8 × 1 3/16 in. (4.4 × 1.6 × 3 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Object number
1916.162
Not on View
DescriptionThin glass. A few pinprick bubbles.
Free blown and tooled. Triangular rim, folded outward, upward, inward, and flattened. Cylindrical neck with constriction at its base. Double convex body with constriction at middle. Base flattened with slight depression in center. No pontil mark.
Shape related to double convex bottles 1923.1147 1923.1148 & 1916.0162. Cf. 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.
Transparent decolored glass with pale green tinge.
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.
1st-2nd century CE
1st-2nd century CE
4th century CE
Second to third quarter of fourth century CE
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
Fourth century
Late fourth to late fifth century
1st - 2nd centry CE
1st-2nd century CE
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