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Unguentarium (uncertain)

Object Number:MS5265
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Roman
Provenience: Syro-Palestine
Period: Roman Period
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Glass
Height: 18 cm
Outside Diameter:8.3 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913
Other Number:GL18 (Ancient Glass Project) - Other Number
1631 - Other Number

Description

Iridescent glass. Elaborate neck, ornamented with threads, surface fluted.

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. 127, fig. E.66View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Fleming, Stuart J. 1997. "Late Roman Glass at the University of Pennsylvania Museum: A Photo Essay". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 39. no. 2. pg. 25-41 : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 38, fig. 28View Objects related to this

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