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Object Number:91-26-10
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Roman
Provenience: Tunisia
Carthage
Period: Roman Period
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Glass
Technique:Blown
Height: 11.7 cm
Outside Diameter:2.4 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Margaret Wasserman Levy, 1991
Other Number:GL20B (Ancient Glass Project) - Other Number

Description

Transparent green glass vessel: bulbous test-tube body with rolled rim. Some encrustation and iridescence.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

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

Bibliography:

[Article] Fleming, Stuart J. 1996. "Early Imperial Roman Glass at the University of Pennsylvania Museum". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 38. no. 2. pg. 13-37 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 23, fig. 16View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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