Bell-Shaped Flask (Unguentarium)
Bell-Shaped Flask (Unguentarium)
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean (Syro-Palestinian)
Date2nd-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm);
Rim Diam: 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm);
Body Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
Rim Diam: 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm);
Body Diam: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown; tooled
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.617
Not on View
DescriptionThis thin-walled vessel is made of transparent natural pale green glass. It was free-blown and tooled without a pontil mark. The rim is tubular and outsplayed at an angle, folded inward but not flattened. The tall neck is slightly concave and features a constriction at the junction with the body. The small bell-shaped body comprises slightly more than one-fifth of the overall height. The base is concave.
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
2nd-4th century CE
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
probably 2nd century CE
Late 2nd to mid-3rd century
Probably First Half of Third Century
2nd-4th century CE
Late second to mid-third century
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