Balsamarium

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Balsamarium

Place of OriginRoman Empire

Date1st-2nd century CE

DimensionsGlass Dimensions: 4 1/4 × 3/4 × 1 15/16 in. (10.8 × 1.9 × 4.9 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1916.160

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DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few pinprick and small spherical bubbles. Free blown and tooled. Rim folded outward, upward, inward, and flattened. Cylindrical neck with tool mark at its base. Near conical body with constriction at middle marking double convex wall. Base flattened. No pontil mark. Shape related to double convex bottles 1923.1147 1923.1148 & 1916.0162. Cf. Vessberg 1952, pl. VII nos. 28-29. Hayes 1975, no. 215 fig. 8 and pl. 10 gives no other parallels except Vessberg. Check Bagatti and Milik, Dominus Flevit A II 226-233 (dated ? mid 3 c by Barag) but cf. Franciscans in Nazareth 71 Barag 1970 (pl. 13) dated 2nd quart - end of 1st c and idem(?) from Huqoq. Amman in QDAP. Transparent natural green with dusky yellow-green tint (5 G 5/2).

Comparative ReferencesSee also Vessberg 1952, pl. VII nos. 28-29. Hayes 1975, no. 215 fig. 8 and pl. 10 gives no other parallels except Vessberg. Check Bagatti and Milik, Dominus Flevit A II 226-233 (dated ? mid 3 c by Barag) but cf. Franciscans in Nazareth 71 Barag 1970 (pl. 13) dated 2nd quart - end of 1st c and idem(?) from Huqoq. Amman in QDAP.