KM339 (Early-Middle Roman Syro-Palestinian glass unguentarium) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Semitransparent, bluish colorless (close to PMS 656). No impurities.
Technique
Free-blown. Annular pontil scar (Diam. 0.019).
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Glass Unguentarium
Typological identification comment
DeTommaso1990 tipo 49
Typological identification comment
Isings1957 Form 82a2
Typological identification comment
Vessberg1952, pp. 136–138, pl. VIII:20, XVIII:5=SwCyprusExIV.3, pp. 161, 163, 204, figs. 49:19, 60:5 (Unguentaria of Candlestick Type II)
Comparanda
cf. Astrom1965, pp. 127, 129–131, figs. 4:3, 5:6, 8, 7 (Marischal College, Aberdeen, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, Chelmsford and Essex Museum; from Cyprus)
Comparanda
cf. Edgar1905, pp. 49–50, nos. 32628, 32631, pl. VII (Cairo Museum)
Comparanda
cf. Harden1936, pp. 265, 271–272, esp. no. 799, pl. XX (Class XIII.A.1; Karanis)
Comparanda
cf. Ozet2000, p. 125, no. 82 (Bodrum Müzesi; from Mylasa, 2nd century)
Comparanda
cf. Price1992, pp. 437, 453, no. 298, pl. 348 (Knossos, 150–175 CE)
Comparanda
cf. Weinberg1962, p. 131, fig. 7, pl. 27 (Volos Museum; from Thessaly)
Comparanda
cf. Zapheiropoulou1999, p. 230, pl. 85:α (Paros, Early Roman)
Description
Candlestick unguentarium. Tall, cylindrical neck that tapers to constricted joint at body. Shallow, bell-shaped body that is more convex above shifting to more oblate below. Plain, rounded base and low, concave bottom.
Preservation comment
Eleven total fragments: four joining preserve most of neck, two nonjoining preserve small part of upper body, and five joining preserve more than one-half of base. Slight dulling; slight, sparse encrustation.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 917, 984, 985, no. 496, fig. 20.2
Base Diameter
0.084
Neck diameter
0.02
Preserved height
0.137
Chronology comment
Dated 2nd-3rd century
Has geographic origin
Palestine
Has geographic origin
Syria
Material
Glass (Material)
Drawing
Photograph