Balsamarium (Double Cosmetic Tube) | Yale University Art Gallery

5th–6th century A.D.

On view, 1st floor, Dura-Europos

Medium: Free-blown glass with trailed decoration and handle, pale green
Dimensions: diam with handles: 6 11/16 × 2 5/16 in. (17 × 5.8 cm)
Credit Line: The Anna Rosalie Mansfield Collection
Accession Number: 1930.389
Culture: Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, Syrian(?)
Classification: Containers
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Bibliography

Susan B. Matheson and Diana E.E. Kleiner, I Claudia Women in Ancient Rome, exh. cat. (New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1996), 163, no. 116, ill

Susan B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1980), 122–23, no. 330, ill

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