KM219 (Early Roman Italian glass unguentarium) [ permalink ] Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Semitransparent, light blue (PMS 2975). Almost no impurities; one large, elongated bubble.
Technique
Free-blown. Annular pontil scar (Diam. 0.010).
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Glass Unguentarium
Typological identification comment
Antonaras2009 type 126
Typological identification comment
DeTommaso1990 tipi 70–72
Typological identification comment
Isings1957 Form 8
Comparanda
cf. BiaggioSimona1991 , vol. 1, pp. 140–148 (Ticino)
Comparanda
cf. Buora2004 , pp. 118, 293, no. 233 (Museo di Udine; from Aquileia)
Comparanda
cf. Calvi1968 , pp. 33, 42–44, nos. 42–53, pls. A:11–A:13, 3:7, 3:8 and MandruzzatoMercante2007 , pp. 78, 124, nos. 134, 135 (Museo di Aquileia)
Comparanda
cf. Foy2010 , pp. 122–131, nos. 156–187 (Musée d’Arles)
Comparanda
cf. FoyNenna2001 , p. 155, no. 183 (Musée d’histoire de Marseille; from Fréjus)
Comparanda
cf. GoethertPolaschek1977 , pp. 90–94, nos. 407–435 (Form 66a; Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier)
Comparanda
cf. Hayes1975 , pp. 146, 151, 185, 225, no. 630, fig. 20, pl. 39 (ROM; Italian product, second half 1st century)
Comparanda
cf. Lazar2003 , pp. 175–179, fig. 50 (Types 8.6.1, 8.6.2; Slovenia)
Comparanda
cf. Notarianni1979 , pp. 98–107, nos. 96–121 (Museo di Bologna)
Comparanda
cf. ScatozzaHoricht1986 , pp. 61–62, nos. 184–200, pl. XXXV (forma 47c; Herculaneum)
Comparanda
cf. ScatozzaHoricht2012 , pp. 138, 155, 302, 312, nos. 11506 C, 11506 D, 12041 H, pls. XXVIII, XXXVIII (Pompeii)
Comparanda
cf. Toniolo2000 , pp. 75, 78, nos. 160, 169 (Museo di Este)
Description
Tubular unguentarium. Flaring rim. Cylindrical neck with constricted joint at body. Narrow, elongated body with slightly concave sides in upper part shifting to bulbous sides in lower part. Round bottom.
Preservation comment
Almost intact but missing rim. Very slight white iridescence; very slight crizzling; very slight encrustation.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022 , pp. 915-916, 983, no. 493, fig. 20.2
Body diameter
0.019
Neck diameter
0.009
Preserved height
0.095
Has geographic origin
Italy
Material
Glass (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
