KM412a (Early-Middle Roman Syro-Palestinian glass unguentarium) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Material description

Transparent, greenish colorless (PMS 379/7485). Numerous pinprick bubbles.

Technique

Free-blown.

Logical part of

Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects

Typological identification

Glass Unguentarium

Description

Unguentarium. Globular or piriform body. Flat bottom.

Preservation description

One fragment preserves small part of lower body and base. Extensive pitting; moderate silver iridescence and slight black enamel flaking.

Published as

Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 917-918, 984, no. 497, fig. 20.3

Estimated base diameter

0.039

Estimated body diameter

0.054

Maximum preserved dimension

0.048

Preserved height

0.011

Chronology comment

Late 1st-2nd century

Material

Glass (Material)

Drawing

Photograph