Glass bottle fragment

2nd to mid–1st century BCE

Not on view

Translucent blue green; opaque yellow and white trails.
Cylindrical, thick-walled neck, tapering at top, flaring at bottom.
Spiral marvered yellow trail, with white trail laid over it at bottom of neck.
Cut in half with flat sides to rough interior of neck; many bubbles; pitting and slight creamy brown weathering.
Probably belonging to an amphoriskos (perfume bottle).

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Title: Glass bottle fragment
Period: Late Hellenistic
Date: 2nd to mid–1st century BCE
Culture: Greek, Eastern Mediterranean
Medium: Glass; core-formed, Group III
Dimensions: Other: 15/16 x 1 11/16 in. (2.3 x 4.3 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Object Number: 91.1.1828
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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