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Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)

1st-2nd century CE

Bottle; flat base, oblate body, long neck cut off at mouth, chip of neck missing. Opaque white-light brown accretions with patches of iridescence. Straw in body of vessel.

Classification: Isings form 28B

Period

Roman period

Date

1st-2nd century CE

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

W: 17.53 cm

Medium

Blue-green glass

Museum

Harvard Art Museums

Accession Number

1895.193

Image Source

harvard

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