Bulbous Bottle with Greek Inscription and Birds
Bulbous Bottle with Greek Inscription and Birds
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date4th century CE
DimensionsH: 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); Body Diam: 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown, tooled, wheel-cut inscription and design.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.676
Not on View
DescriptionBulbous bottle made of transparent natural pale olive glass (10 Y 6/2), free-blown and tooled with a scratched, wheel-cut design and Greek inscription. The neck has a constriction at its base and leads to a squat bulbous body with its greatest diameter at the middle. The base is concave and there is no pontil mark. Around the body runs a scratched figural band bordered above and below by two horizontal lines; within the band are a stylized three-leaved bush and two birds. Above the band is a partly illegible inscription in Greek; below it is a series of ovals. The glass is thin with numerous pinprick and small bubbles.
Late 2nd to early 3rd century CE
First half of first century
Probably mid-first century
First half of first century
Mid-1st century CE
Probably mid-first century
4th-5th century CE
about 400
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