Candlestick Unguentarium
| Object Number: | 60-11-5 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Roman |
| Provenience: | Palestine |
| Period: | Roman Period |
| Date Made: | 100-199 CE |
| Early Date: | 100 |
| Late Date: | 199 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Glass |
| Height: | 16 cm |
| Width: | 5.9 cm |
| Depth: | 4.9 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Henry Jones, 1960 |
| Other Number: | GL19 (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
Description
Condition excellent, iridescence patchy. Still filled with earth. Clear blown glass vessel with low depressed conical body, concave beneath. Neck a long thin cylinder. Rim flared out flatly and lip rolled toward interior.
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, fig. E.39(b) | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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