Lentoid Bottle with Two Handles

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Lentoid Bottle with Two Handles

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date3rd-4th century CE

DimensionsH: 5 5/8 in. (14.2 cm); Rim Diam: 1 15/16 in. (5.0 cm); Body Diam: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown, tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1242

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DescriptionThick glass. A few small vertically elongated bubbles in neck. Transparent to translucent dark manganese colored glass. Translucent light olive gray (5 Y 5/2) handles. Free-blown. Remains of circular wad on base, ca. 1.3 cm. Body flattened with steam impressions on one side (one semicircular and one straight). Tips of handles drawn out thin and rounded in flame. Flaring hollow rim, folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. Cylindrical neck with constriction at its base. Circular flat-sided body, more than half of total height, with walls tapering to base. Base flattened but vessel cannot stand.