Squat Bottle with Small Conical Body
Squat Bottle with Small Conical Body
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, perhaps Egyptian
DateSecond to mid-third 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.
Last Quarter of 1st to Mid-2nd Century
Probably Second or Early Third Century
Probably mid -second to mid-third century
Probably Second or Early Third Century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
200-250 CE
5th-6th century CE
Probably First Half of Third Century
Probably second quarter to mid-first century
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