Tubular Bottle
Tubular Bottle
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean
DateSecond half of first century CE
DimensionsH: 5 9/16 in. (14.1 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm); Body Diam: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1113
Not on View
DescriptionThin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Transparent natural green. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering.
Free-blown; no trace of pontil mark.
Everted rim, partly folded upward and inward. Tall cylindrical neck with toolmarks at its base. Elongated piriform body. Base flattened with slight depression in center.
CLASSIFICATION: Tubular Unguentarium Class IIA2.
Probably Second half of First Century
Probably Second or Early Third Century
Mid to third Quarter of the 1st century
Probably third quarter of of first century
Second half of sixth to early seventh century
Probably Second or Early Third Century
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