KM145 (Early-Middle Roman Imported Large Glass Bottle) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Semitransparent, bluish colorless (PMS 2975). Sparse small, spherical bubbles.
Technique
Free-blown.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Glass Bottle
Typological identification
Glass Free-Blown Flask or Jug
Comparanda
cf. MandruzzatoMarcante2005, pp. 75, 128, no. 106 (Museo di Aquileia; from Aquileia, second half 1st–3rd century)
Comparanda
cf. Schatzschock2007, pp. 175, 184, no. G52, pl. 61 (Basilika am Staatsmarkt, 1st–3rd century)
Description
Large bottle. Thick wall. Broad rim folded out, up, and in and tightly flattened to create heavy, blocky lip. Conical neck. One thick strap handle folded up against neck and under rim.
Preservation description
One large fragment preserves 50% of rim, neck, and upper handle. Slight chipping and slight feather cracking.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 969, 1032, 1033, no. 653, fig. 20.27
Preserved height
0.029
Estimated rim diameter
0.059
Chronology comment
Dated second half 1st-3rd century
Material
Glass (Material)
Drawing
Photograph