Balsamarium
MS5635
From: Syro-Palestine
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS5635 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Syro-Palestine |
| Period | Roman Period |
| Date Made | 300-400 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass |
| Description | Purple glass with heavy iridescence and decomposition. Concave disk foot. Pontil mark on base of vessel. Bulbous body with long cylindrical neck. Rim flares out from neck and is rolled inward to round edge. Two small, narrow green glass handles attach rim to neck. |
| Height | 10.6 cm |
| Width | 5.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 4 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Miss Lydia T. Morris, 1916 |
| Other Number | GL15 (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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