Bottle
Unguentarium
MS5097
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Palestine | Toobas
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS5097 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Palestine | Toobas |
| Period | Late Roman Period |
| Date Made | 4th century |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass |
| Technique | Mould-Blown |
| Description | Long-necked unguentarium Narrow base curves upward toward center. Globular body covered with rows of shallow indented dots. Extremely long straight neck leads to out-curving conical lip. Thin threads added on upper neck and lower lip. Glass is translucent, slightly greenish; threads of darker green glass. Mold blownbody with free blown neck and applied threads. |
| Height | 23 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 6.75 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913 |
| Other Number | GL18 (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 2816 - Other Number |
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