Unguentarium
MS5285E
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS5285E |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Roman Period |
| Date Made | 0-50 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass |
| Technique | Blown |
| Description | Nearly colorless, slightly gray-green glass. Flaring rim, unworked. Short cylindrical neck with constriction at base. Body pear-shapes. Base slightly flattened, no apparent pontil mark. Blown, intact but for two chips on rim. Dulled and slightly pitted surface. Incipient iridescence outside. Opaque white contents (?); stain inside. Metal poor with sandy impurities, bubbles, and cords. |
| Height | 5.1 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 3.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. William Pepper, 1914 |
| Other Number | GL23 (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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