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Unguentarium

Object Number:86-35-152
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Roman
Provenience: Mediterranean
Period: Roman Period
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Glass
Height: 10 cm
Outside Diameter:2 cm
Credit Line:Gift of George and Henry J. Vaux, 1985
Other Number:GL20 (ancient glass project) - Other Number

Description

Green glass unguentarium. Rounded bottom; deeply ridged cylindrical body - 4 alternating ridges and depressions; cylindrical neck - flaired ans lightly thickened at rim. Encrustation and irridescence.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Roman Glass: Reflections on Cultural Change (27 Sep 1997 - 18 Jun 1998) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Fleming, Stuart J. 1999. Roman Glass (II): Reflections on Cultural Change.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 76, pl. E.77View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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