Cylindrical Bottle
Cylindrical Bottle
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date5th-6th century CE
DimensionsMax H: 4 11/16 in. (11.8 cm); Max Diam: 2 9/16 in. (6.8 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1906
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few small vertically elongated bubbles in body and horizontally elongated bubbles in rim.
Transparent to translucent natural grayish-green (near 10 GY 5/2).
Free-blown. Circular scar on base ca. 1.3 cm.
Wide hollow rim, folded outward/downward, upward, inward, and downward to halfway down neck. Flaring neck with tool mark at its base. Sloping shoulder. Pointed body. Base round with depression in center. Vessel does not stand.
4th-5th century CE (?)
Probably first half of first century
5th-6th century CE
4th-early 5th century CE (?)
3rd-4th century CE
Probably mid-first century
Perhaps 2nd century
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