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Bell-shaped Flask

Period Roman Empire (Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)
Place of Originpossibly from Hauran, Roman Syria
Datelate 2nd-mid 3rd century CE
Dimensions6 1/16 × 1 11/16 × 1 3/8 in. (15.4 × 4.3 × 3.5 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1908.64
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Small, vertically elongated bubbles in the neck and body. Free-blown and tooled; no pontil mark. Outsplayed tubular rim at an angle; rim rolled inward, but not flattened. Tall, thick tapering neck with a constriction at its base. Small bell-shaped body less than one-fifth of the total height. Concave bottom. Transparent natural pale green.

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