Ancient Art

Glass Lip of Bottle

ca. 323 B.C.–A.D. 256

Glass

13/16 in. (2.1 cm)
Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos
1938.5193.6
Geography: 
Excavated in Dura-Europos, Syria
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Syrian, Dura-Europos
Period: 
Greco-Roman or Parthian
Classification: 
Containers - Glass
Provenance: 

Excavated by the Yale-French Excavations at Dura-Europos (Necropolis, Tomb 16?), present-day Syria, 1928–37; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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