KM463 (Early-Middle Roman Glass unguentarium, small flask, or jar) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Material description

Semitransparent, light greenish blue (PMS 318). Sparse pinprick 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

sim. CorinthXII, pp. 104-105, no. 669, fig. 11 (G. D. Weinberg; 1st–2nd century)

Comparanda

sim. Schatzschock2007, pp. 174, 181-182, no. G 35, pl. 60 (Basilika am Staatsmarkt, Ephesos, Early-Middle Roman)

Comparanda

sim. Steskal2008, p. 195, no. G 77, pl. 346 (Vediusgymnasium, Ephesos, second quarter/mid-1st-third quarter 3rd century)

Description

Unguentarium, small flask, or jar. Globular or piriform body. Plain, rounded base and slightly concave bottom.

Preservation description

One fragment preserves part of lower body and base. Extensive pitting; slight white to silver iridescence.

Published as

Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 917-918, 961, 984, 986, no. 498, fig. 20.3

Estimated base diameter

0.035

Estimated diameter upper bound

0.052

Maximum preserved dimension

0.048

Preserved height

0.007

Chronology comment

Late 1st-2nd century

Material

Glass (Material)

Drawing

Photograph