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
DescriptionTransparent natural pale olive (10 Y 6/2).
No pontil mark. Scratched.
Neck with constriction at its base. Squat bulbous body with greatest diameter at middle. Concave base.
On body, scratched figural band bordered above and below by two horizontal lines. On figural band, a stylized three-leaved bush and two birds. Above the band, a partly illegible inscription in Greek; below the figural band, a series of ovals.
Thin glass. Numerous pinprick and small bubbles.
Probably mid-first century
3rd-4th century CE
4th-5th century CE
Late 3rd to mid-4th century CE
about 700 BCE
Unidentified, Gorgoneion Group
about 560 BCE
Probably second quarter of first century
Third to first century BCE
Probably second quarter of first century
19th or 20th century
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