Bottle with Domed Body
Bottle with Domed Body
Artist
Unidentified
Period
Roman Empire
(Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)
Place of OriginRoman Levant
Dateprobably 2nd century CE
Dimensions4 3/16 × 1 15/16 × 13/16 in. (10.6 × 4.9 × 2 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Object number
1908.54
Not on View
DescriptionFree-blown and tooled. Rim outsplayed horizontally and folded inward. Tall cylindrical neck with toolmark at its base. Small domed body. Base flattened.
Thin glass. Pinprick and small spherical bubbles in body and vertically elongated bubbles in neck. No pontil mark.
Transparent dusky yellow green tint (5 GY 5/2).
Candlestick Class V2a.
probably 2nd century CE
200-250 CE
Probably mid-first century
Second to mid-third century CE
First half of first century
Last Quarter of 1st to Mid-2nd Century
Probably mid-first century
about 3rd century CE
Probably early fourth century
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