Squat Bottle with Small Conical Body
Squat Bottle with Small Conical Body
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, possibly Egypt
DateSecond to mid-3rd century CE
DimensionsH: 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm); Body Diam: 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1900
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent to translucent natural dark green (between 10 GY 3/2 and 5 G 5/2).
Circular scar on underside of base ca. 1.5 cm in diameter around round depression.
Everted rim, probably folded outward, downward, and upward. Tall cylindrical neck with curved transition to shoulder. Body conical with slightly concave walls. Base flattened with depression in center. Medium thick glass. Medium to large vertically elongated bubbles.
CLASSIFICATION: Candlestick Class XD"3.
Mid-2nd to mid-3rd century CE
Last Quarter of 1st to Mid-2nd Century
2nd or early 3rd century CE
Probably 2nd century
Probably 2nd century
5th-6th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
Late 4th to mid-5th century
Late 4th-5th century CE
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