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Aryballos (oil bottle)

Aryballos (oil bottle)

Aryballos · 1st-2nd century CE
This intact aryballos is made of transparent green glass with applied handles. In shape, the vessel has a globular body, flat bottom, and short cylindrical neck.

Classification: C. Isings, Roman Glass from Dated Finds (Djakarta: Groningen, 1957), form 61.



Shape
Aryballos
Period
Roman Imperial period
Date
1st-2nd century CE
Culture
Roman
Dimensions
H: 8.00 cm W: 7.40 cm
Medium
Glass
Findspot
Ancient & Byzantine World
Museum
Harvard Art Museums
Accession Number
1895.222
Image Source
harvard
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)