Date-shaped Bottle
Date-shaped Bottle
Place of OriginPhoenicia
DateMid-1st to early 2nd century
DimensionsH: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Body H: 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm); Max Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm); Rim Diam: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
MediumGlass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.592
Not on View
DescriptionTranslucent to transparent manganese-colored glass.
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 (MCT VIII).
Everted rim, folded upward and inward. Tall cylindrical neck. Body shaped like a date with a nearly circular 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. 177-178, no. 102.
Arts, P.L.W., "A Collection of Ancient Glass 500 BC - 500 AD," ANTIEK Lochem, 2000, p. 107.
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-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
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