Cylindrical Bottle
Cylindrical Bottle
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date3rd-4th century CE
DimensionsH: 3 1/2 in. (8.8 cm); Rim Diam: 1 11/16 in. (4.4 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown; tooled
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1243
Not on View
DescriptionThis bottle is made of medium thick glass. The fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. The glass is transparent natural grayish green (near 10 GY 5/2). The bottle was free-blown with no pontil mark.
It has a wide hollow rim that is folded outward, upward, inward, and flattened to form a broad brim. The short neck has walls that taper downward and shows a constriction at its base. The shoulder is sloping, leading to a cylindrical body with a slight bulge at the shoulder and walls that taper downward. The base is flat.
This vessel is classified as a Cylindrical Bottle (cf. Barag 1970a: Type 18-5).
Fourth century
Possibly fourth century
Probably mid-first century or earlier
Probably third century
Sixth to early seventh century
about 1st-2nd century CE
Second to third quarter of fourth century CE
Probably First Half of Third Century
Late 6th- early 7th centuries CE
5th century CE
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