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Conical Flask
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Conical Flask

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, probably Syro-Palestinian
DateProbably second century
DimensionsH: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); Rim Diam: 1 in. (2.5 cm); Max Diam: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.628
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent natural pale green. No pontil mark. Outsplayed, tubular rim, folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. Tall, tapering neck with a toolmark and a slight constriction at its base. Squat, conical body about one-fourth of the total height. Flat bottom. Thin glass. A few pinprick and vertically elongated bubbles in the body and neck. Blowing spirals.

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