Glass oil bottle (aryballos)

Roman

Not on view

Miniature aryballos.

Translucent deep honey brown; handles in same color (?).

Rim folded out, round and in, forming broad flat top with small, central hole; short, cylindrical neck; broad shoulder; bulbous body; pushed-in bottom; two broad rod handles applied to shoulder, drawn up, and trailed onto top of neck and underside of rim.

Intact; many pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; patches of dulling, pitting, brilliant iridescence, and thick, creamy white weathering.

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