Unguentarium

65-39-10

From: Italy | Campania | Pompeii (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 65-39-10
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 7 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Richard W. Sears II, 1965
Other Number GL20 (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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