KM270 (Early-Middle Roman Glass Unguentarium?) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Semitransparent, light blue (PMS 283). Sparse small bubbles.
Technique
Free-blown.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Glass Unguentarium
Description
Candlestick unguentarium? Narrow, horizontal rim folded up and in and flattened to create small, tubular lip. Cylindrical neck.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves roughly one-third of rim and upper neck. Extensive pitting, moderate silver iridescence, and moderate black enamel flaking; slight encrustation.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, no. 507
Maximum preserved dimension
0.029
Estimated neck diameter
0.019
Preserved height
0.009
Estimated rim diameter
0.037
Chronology comment
Mid-1st to 2nd century.
Material
Glass (Material)
Drawing
Photograph