Bell-Shaped Bottle
Bell-Shaped Bottle
Place of Originprobably excavated in Cyprus, Roman Empire
Dateprobably 2nd century CE
DimensionsGlass Dimensions: 4 15/16 × 1 5/8 × 2 11/16 in. (12.5 × 4.1 × 6.8 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Object number
1916.151
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Small spherical bubbles in body and vertically elongated bubbles in neck.
Free-blown and tooled. Circular scar on base ca. 1.9 cm.
Lip outsplayed at an angle with rim rolled inward. Tall thick tapering neck without toolmark at its base. Domed body about one-third of total height. Concave base.
CLASSIFICATION Candlestick Class VA"3a
Transparent natural pale green (5 G 7/2).
200-250 CE
probably 2nd century
Probably First Half of Third Century
Late second to mid-third century
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
Last quarter of 1st to mid-2nd century
Probably Second or Early Third Century
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