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
Material
Glass (Material)
Drawing
Photograph