Date-shaped Bottle
Date-shaped Bottle
Place of OriginPhoenicia
DateMid-first to early second century
DimensionsH: 2 7/8 in. (7.38 cm); Body H: 2 7/16 in. (6.26 cm); Max Diam: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm); Rim Diam: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
MediumGlass; mold-blown, rim tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.581
Not on View
DescriptionTranslucent streaked brownish-yellow.
Medium thin glass. Small bubbles, vertically elongated in neck; one burst bubble on surface of body. A few black specks.
Rim tooled. Body blown into a two-part mold of two vertical sections. One continuous mold seam around body, partly concealed in the pattern of wrinkles on one side (MCT VIII).
Everted rim, rolled inward and downward. Short cylindrical neck. Body shaped like a date with an irregular cross section.
Relief pattern of long wavy ridges and hooks, imitating the wrinkles in the skin of a ripe date.
Published ReferencesStern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries, Rome, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1995, p. 176-177, no. 98.
Arts, P.L.W., "A Collection of Ancient Glass 500 BC - 500 AD," ANTIEK Lochem, 2000, p. 107.
Mid-1st to early 2nd century
Mid-1st to early 2nd century
Mid-first to early second century
Mid-first to early second century
Mid-first to early second century
Mid-first to early second century
Mid-first to early second century
Mid-first to early second century
Mid-first to early second century
Mid-first to early second century
Mid-first to early second century
Mid-first to early second century
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