A Roman pale green glass unguentarium toilet flask with an out-turned rim, relatively long neck with a tooled indent at the base, and a conical body. The bottle has a flattened base, slightly indented towards the centre.
Roman eastern empire: Circa 3rd-4th Century AD.
Condition: Complete and intact, with a few earthy accretions.
Height 11.5 cms (4.5 ins).
For similar, see item 424 Ancient Glass in the National Museums Scotland C. S. Lightfoot.
Glass was produced in large numbers in the later Roman empire. It was used to produce items of everyday use, for keeping expensive unguents and cosmetic oils which would have been gathered from all corners of the expansive Roman Empire.
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