Unguentarium
Unguentarium

Currently not on view

Unguentarium,

4th century CE

Late Antiquity, ca. 476–700 CE
y1970-18

Information

Title
Unguentarium
Dates

4th century CE

Medium
Transparent very light green glass
Dimensions
h. 7 cm., diam. rim 2 cm., diam. base 1 cm., max. diam. 2.3 cm. (2 3/4 x 13/16 x 3/8 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Donald Whitaker Campbell, Class of 1914, in memory of his wife, Jeannette Ives Hoskin Campbell
Object Number
y1970-18
Place Made

Eastern Mediterranean

Description
Flaring rim, in-folded and flattened; cylindrical neck, wider at top; biconical body with eight oval, vertical indentations at maximum diameter; small, flat bottom. At the center of the bottom is a faint, probably annular, pontil mark, 1 cm. wide.
Period
Roman (style or period)
Type
vials
Materials
free-blown glass
Subject
glassblowing

Found by Dr. George Alfred Ford on his property in Sidon, Lebanon; given to Jeannette Ives Hoskin Campbell; given to the Museum by Donald Whitaker Campbell

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