Unguentarium
Unguentarium
Artist
Unidentified
Period
Roman Empire
(Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)
Place of OriginRoman Levant
Date2nd-4th century CE
DimensionsWt: 0.7 lb. (0.3 kg); H: 6 9/16 in. (16.6 cm)
Body H: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm); Rim Diam: 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm)
Body H: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm); Rim Diam: 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1908.48
Not on View
DescriptionThis vessel is made of transparent natural pale green glass with medium-thin walls and a few small spherical bubbles in the body. It was shaped by free-blowing and tooling, and it has no pontil mark. The rim is a broad, tubular form, outsplayed horizontally, rolled inward, and roughly flattened. The tall, slightly concave neck has a strong constriction at its base. The small, squat bulbous body constitutes about one-eighth of the vessel’s total height, with the greatest diameter located near the bottom. The base is slightly concave.
2nd-4th century CE
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
Mid-2nd to early 3rd century
4th century CE
First half of 3rd century CE
2nd-4th century CE
Probably Late 1st to early 2nd Century
Last quarter of 1st to mid-2nd century
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