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Ancient Art
Public domain

Unguentarium

2nd century A.D.

Free-blown glass, transparent dark green

diameter of base: 5.3 × 2.9 cm (2 1/16 × 1 1/8 in.)
Exchange with the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Kurcoglu excavation
1940.637
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, Syrian(?)
Period: 
Roman
Classification: 
Containers - Glass
Provenance: 

from the Chicago excavations at Kurcoglu, Syria.

Bibliography: 

Susan B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1980), 68–69, no. 180, ill.

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