Unguentarium | Yale University Art Gallery

2nd century A.D.

Medium: Free-blown glass, transparent dark green
Dimensions: diameter of base: 2 1/16 × 1 1/8 in. (5.3 × 2.9 cm)
Credit Line: Exchange with the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Kurcoglu excavation
Accession Number: 1940.637
Culture: Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, Syrian(?)
Period: Roman
Classification: Containers
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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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Object/Work type

unguentaria

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