Spindle-Shaped Bottle (Fusiform Unguentarium)
Spindle-Shaped Bottle (Fusiform Unguentarium)
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean (Syro-Palestinian)
Date1st century CE
DimensionsH: 8 3/16 in. (20.8 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/4 in. (2 cm); Body Diam: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.553
Not on View
DescriptionThin glass. A few small vertically elongated bubbles.
Blue; flared rim; long cylindrical neck; small ovoid body; long pointed bottom
Translucent to transparent dark royal blue.
Free-blown.
Everted rim, rounded in flame. Tall cylindrical neck with slight downward taper, gradually broadening toward body. Elongated ovoid body with long solid(?) pointed end.
3rd-4th Century CE
1st-2nd century CE
4th century CE
1st-2nd century CE
Mid-first to early second century
3rd century CE (?)
3rd century BCE
Probably second quarter of first century
1st century CE
Mid-first to early second century
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