Pointed Bottle with Collar Rim
Pointed Bottle with Collar Rim
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date5th-6th century CE
DimensionsH: 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm); Diam: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1904
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few small vertically elongated bubbles in body and horizontally elongated bubbles in collar and mouth.
Translucent-streaked to transparent manganese-colored glass.
Free-blown. Circular scar on base ca. 1.1 cm. Cutout below rim.
Collar rim, rounded in flame. Short flaring neck with tool mark at its base. Sloping shoulder without bulge. Pointed body with round base.
4th-early 5th century CE (?)
5th-6th century CE
4th-5th century CE (?)
5th-6th century CE
3rd-4th Century
5th-6th century CE
Probably 2nd century
Probably 3rd century
Late 4th to early 5th century
Late 4th to mid-5th century
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