Unguentarium
65-39-7
From: Italy | Campania | Pompeii (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 65-39-7 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Italy | Campania | Pompeii (uncertain) |
Period | Roman Period |
Date Made | 0-99 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Glass |
Technique | Blown |
Description | Blown glass. Partly melted and distorted from fire; factory accidents (?) or perhaps from a household fire, e.g. in eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. (?). Body and part of neck of ungeuntarium. |
Length | 5.8 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Richard W. Sears II, 1965 |
Other Number | GL20 (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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