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A Roman dark green glass unguentarium with an out-turned rim, short neck and a tubular body decorated with columnar indentations. The bottle has a flat base.
Condition: Complete and intact, with silvery iridescence a few light accretions.
Height 8.2 cms (3.2 ins).
Roman eastern empire: Circa 2nd-3rd Century AD.
For similar use of indents, see item 437 Ancient Glass in the National Museums Scotland C. S. Lightfoot.
Purchased from UK collection of P.C. 1990-2010
(At the height of its popularity in Rome, glass was present in nearly every aspect of daily life. It was a particularly favoured container for precious, valuable liquids, such as expensive oils, perfumes, and medicines which were produced from all corners of the Roman empire).
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