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
DescriptionFree-blown and tooled.
Translucent dusky green (5 G 3/2).
Circular scar on base ca. 1.5 cm.
Wedge-shaped rim, folded outward/upward and upward/inward; tool mark on interior. Tall concave neck broadening toward base; tool mark at less than one-third of total height, ca. 5.2 cm above base. No distinct body. Flat base.
CLASSIFICATION Candlestick Class XIIID"2a
Thick glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Probably mid -second to mid-third century
Last quarter of 1st to mid-2nd century
Last quarter of 1st to mid-2nd century
Last Quarter of 1st to Mid-2nd Century
First half of third century
Mid to third Quarter of the 1st century
Probably third quarter of of first century
Late second to mid-third century
Probably Late 1st to early 2nd Century
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