Bottle Maker: Unknown

1st–2nd century A.D.

Ancient Art

On view, 1st floor, Dura-Europos
Medium

Free-blown glass, pale bluish

Dimensions

2 5/16 × 1 3/4 in. (5.8 × 4.5 cm)
Diameter of Mouth: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm)

Credit Line

The Yale-British School Excavations at Gerasa

Accession Number

1935.320

Geography

Excavated in Gerasa, Jordan

Culture

Gerasa (Jordan)

Period

Roman

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Excavated by the Yale-British School Excavations at Gerasa (Area west of Church of St. Theodore, room A22), present-day Jordan, 1928–34; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Lisa R. Brody and Gail Hoffman, eds., Roman in the Provinces: Art on the Periphery of Empire (Chestnut Hill, Mass.: McMullen Museum of Art, 2014), 245, no. 12, pl. 12
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

bottles

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