Tubular Bottle CS59
Tubular Bottle CS59
Artist
Unidentified
Period
Roman Rule
(Ancient Egyptian, 30 BCE–395 CE)
Period
Roman Empire
(Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)
Place of Originprobably from Egypt
Dateprobably mid 2nd-mid 3rd century CE
DimensionsWeight: 72.63: 1.6 lb., 6 1/2 in. (0.7 kg, 16.5 cm)
of body: 2 1/16 × 1 3/8 × 1 5/16 in. (5.2 × 3.5 × 3.3 cm)
of body: 2 1/16 × 1 3/8 × 1 5/16 in. (5.2 × 3.5 × 3.3 cm)
Mediumglass with fabric
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1908.34
Not on View
DescriptionThis vessel, categorized as a candlestick unguentarium (Class XIIID"2a), is made of translucent dusky green glass. It was free-blown and shaped using tools, with a wedge-shaped rim folded outward, upward, then inward. A clear tooling mark appears on the interior of the rim. The tall neck is concave and widens toward the flat base, with another tool mark about one-third of the way up. The vessel lacks a distinct body and has a circular scar, approximately 1.5 cm in diameter, on the base. Although glass fabric analysis is hampered by weathering, the thick walls are noted. Most known parallels have been found in Egypt, though specific dating evidence is scarce. A comparable example is listed in Auth 1976, no. 427.
1st-2nd century CE
Probably mid -second to mid-third century
1st-2nd century CE
2nd-4th century CE (?)
Early to Late 15th century
1st century CE
7th century BCE or later
Probably first half of first century
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