Conical Bottle (Unguentarium)
Conical Bottle (Unguentarium)
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date3rd-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/16 in. (3.0 cm); Body Diam: 2 3/8 in. (6.0 cm); Base Diam: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1118
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thick glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Transparent natural pale green glass (10 G 6/2).
Free-blown; no trace of pontil mark.
Triangular rim, folded downward/outward and upward/inward. Tall cylindrical neck with constriction at its base. Conical body. Solid flattened base with depression in center.
1st-2nd century CE
4th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
1st-2nd Century
Last Third of First Century
2nd Century
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