Date-shaped Bottle
Date-shaped Bottle
Place of OriginPhoenicia
DateMid-first to early second century
DimensionsH: 2 3/4 in. (6.96 cm); Body H: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); Max Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.85 cm); Rim Diam: 3/4 in. (1.87 cm)
MediumGlass; mold-blown, rim tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.576
Not on View
DescriptionTranslucent dark yellow.
Thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
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, extends very pronounced onto one side of neck (MCT VIII).
Everted rim, rolled inward. Cylindrical neck. Body shaped like a date with a nearly square cross section.
Relief pattern of short 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. 177, no. 100.
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-first to early second 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
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