KM177 (Early-Middle Roman Glass unguentarium) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Semitransparent, bluish colorless (PMS 7457). No impurities.
Technique
Free-blown. Blowing spirals.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Glass Unguentarium
Typological identification comment
Isings1957 Form 28
Comparanda
cf. Antonaras2009, pp. 300, 525, 556, no. 593, pls. 35, XX (type 129; Thessaloniki)
Comparanda
cf. CorinthXII, pp. 105, no. 670, fig. 11 (G. D. Weinberg)
Description
Narrow rim folded out, up, and in to create thick, rounded lip. Tall, cylindrical neck.
Preservation description
Three joining fragments preserve entire rim and >50% of neck. Longitudinal fractures; slight to moderate silver iridescence; sparse encrustation.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 918, 986, no. 502, pl. 20.3
Estimated neck diameter
0.025
Preserved height
0.073
Estimated rim diameter
0.039
Chronology comment
Dated mid-1st-2nd century
Material
Glass (Material)
Drawing
Photograph