Unguentarium

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Unguentarium

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean

DateThird or 4th century

DimensionsH: 4 15/16 in. (12.5 cm); Rim Diam: 1 in. (2.6 cm); Body Diam: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1956

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DescriptionThin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Transparent decolorized glass with a grayish-green tinge (10 GY 5/2). Free-blown. Round gouge on underside of base ca. 0.8 cm in diameter. Flaring hollow rim, folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. Tall cylindrical neck. Spindle-shaped body with greatest diameter just above middle. Base round. On body, three rudimentary elongated indentations in body. A fourth is not attempted. CLASSIFICATION: Tubular Unguentarium Class IVB2".