Spherical Bottle with Two Handles (Aryballos)
Spherical Bottle with Two Handles (Aryballos)
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date1st-2nd century CE
DimensionsH: 4 1/16 in. (10.4 cm); Rim Diam: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm); Body Diam: 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown, tooled, and wheel cut.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1011
Not on View
DescriptionThick glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Translucent dark greenish yellow (10 Y 6/6).
Free-blown. No pontil mark. Wheel-cut. Tips of handles drawn out thin and folded back.
Hollow collar rim, folded outward, downward, outward, upward, inward, and flattened to form a broad brim. Cylindrical neck with bulge in center and tool mark at its base. Horizontal shoulder. Spherical body. Base only slightly flattened, but vessel can stand. Two broad coil handles from shoulder to below rim.
On upper body, two narrow bands of light incisions and one shallow wheel-cut groove.
CLASSIFICATION: Isings 1957, Form 61.
1st-2nd century CE
about 1st-2nd century CE
about 1st-2nd Century
2nd century CE
1st century CE
mid-late 4th century BCE
1st century CE
Fourth century CE
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