Spindle-Shaped Bottle (Pointed Unguentarium)
Spindle-Shaped Bottle (Pointed Unguentarium)
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, Syro-Palestine
Date1st-2nd century CE
DimensionsH: 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm); Rim Diam: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); Body Diam: 1 1/16 in. (2.8 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown, tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.552
Not on View
DescriptionThis slender bottle has a pointed base and was formed by blowing hot glass into an elongated ovoid shape. It features a narrow neck with a flared rim
1st century CE
3rd-4th Century CE
4th century CE
1st-2nd century CE
Third quarter of 1st century
Probably mid-4th to mid-5th century
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