Date-shaped Bottle
Date-shaped Bottle
Place of OriginPhoenicia
DateMid-first to early second century
DimensionsH: 2 7/8 in. (7.33 cm); Body H: 2 3/8 in. (6.0 cm); Max Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Rim Diam: 3/4 in. (1.85 cm)
MediumGlass; rim tooled, mold-blown.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.573
Not on View
DescriptionTranslucent streaked brownish yellow.
Medium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Rim tooled. Body blown into a three-part mold of three vertical sections. One continuous mold seam around body and a central mold seam; mold seams concealed in the pattern of wrinkles (MCT IV).
Everted rim, folded inward. Flaring neck. Body shaped like a date with a nearly diamond cross section.
Relief pattern of short straight ridges, imitating the wrinkles in the skin of a ripe date.
Translucent streaked brownish yellow.
Rim tooled. Body blown into a three-part mold of three vertical sections. One continuous mold seam around body and a central mold seam; mold seams concealed in the pattern of wrinkles (MCT IV B).
Everted rim, folded inward. Flaring neck. Body shaped like a date with a nearly diamond cross section.
Relief pattern of short straight ridges, 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. 179, no. 106.
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-first to early second century
Mid-first to early second century
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
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