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
DescriptionThis bell-shaped bottle (Candlestick Class VA"3a) is made of transparent natural pale green glass (5 G 7/2). The glass is of medium thinness, containing small spherical bubbles in the body and vertically elongated bubbles in the neck.
The vessel was free-blown and tooled. A circular scar approximately 1.9 cm in diameter is visible on the base. The lip is outsplayed at an angle with the rim rolled inward. The neck is tall and thick, tapering without a visible toolmark at its base. The domed body comprises about one-third of the vessel’s total height. The base is concave.
probably 2nd century
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
First half of 3rd century CE
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
Probably first half of 2nd century CE
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
200-250 CE
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