KM392 (Early-Middle Roman Glass unguentarium, small flask, or jar) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Material description

Transparent, bluish colorless (PMS 290). Sparse small, spherical bubbles.

Technique

Free-blown.

Logical part of

Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects

Typological identification

Glass Free-Blown Flask or Jug

Typological identification

Glass Jar

Typological identification

Glass Unguentarium

Comparanda

cf. Price1992, pp. 430, 449, nos. 192, 195, pl. 345 (Knossos, Early Roman)

Description

Unguentarium, small flask, or jar. Convex lower body: globular or piriform body? Plain, rounded base and concave bottom.

Preservation description

One fragment preserves small part of lower body and >50% of base. Slight to moderate pitting; slight yellow iridescence; slight crizzling.

Published as

Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 917-918, 985, 986, no. 500, fig. 20.3

Estimated base diameter

0.041

Maximum preserved dimension

0.05

Preserved height

0.008

Chronology comment

Late 1st-2nd century

Explanation of deposition

Represents Early-Middle Roman use of Building B3 before Octagon.

Material

Glass (Material)

In Excavated Unit

Locus TRB0911-005

Location in unit

Late Roman colluvium on ground north of Octagon in central to south trench.

Drawing

Photograph