Tubular Bottle
Tubular Bottle
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean
DateProbably Second half of First Century
DimensionsH: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm); Body Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1114
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent natural green. Very thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Free-blown. No pontil mark.
Everted rim, folded outward, upward, and inward. Tall cylindrical neck with constriction at its base. Conical body more than half of total height. Base flattened.
CLASSIFICATION: Tubular unguentarium Class IIA2.
Probably third quarter of of first century
First half of first century
Second half of first century CE
possibly first century
Mid to third Quarter of the 1st century
Third quarter of first century
First half to third quarter of first century
First half to third quarter of first century
Third quarter of first century
First half of first century
First half of first century
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