Spherical Bottle with Two Handles (Aryballos)
Spherical Bottle with Two Handles (Aryballos)
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date1st-2nd century CE
DimensionsH: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm); Body Diam: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown, tooled, and wheel cut.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1013
Not on View
DescriptionThis aryballos is made of medium-thin glass in a transparent natural green hue; the exact color and fabric cannot be determined due to weathering. It is free-blown, tooled, and wheel-cut, with no pontil mark. The tips of the strap handles are pushed up and flattened against the rim.
The bottle features a collar rim folded outward, downward, outward again, upward, and flattened to form a brim. Its cylindrical neck has a tool mark at the base and transitions to a horizontal shoulder above a spherical body. The body has three bands of shallow wheel-cut incisions around its center. The base is flattened. Two strap handles run from the shoulder to just below the rim and are finished with a small spur on the rim. This form corresponds to Isings 1957, Form 61.
1st-2nd century CE
1st-2nd century CE
about 1st-2nd Century
about 1st-2nd century CE
2nd-3rd century CE
mid-late 4th century BCE
2nd century CE
Second half of 5th through early 4th century BCE
about 350-300 BCE
Second half of 4th century
Late 6th through 5th century BCE
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