| Object Number |
MS5005 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Roman |
| Provenience |
Syria |
| Date Made |
mid 1st c. CE |
| Section |
Mediterranean |
| Materials |
Glass |
| Technique |
Blown | Threading |
| Description |
Perfume Bottle; cobalt blue with white threads. Very slight iridescence. Blown bright blue glass. Delicate spirals of white thread decoration around body, to base which tapers to a point. |
| Height |
16.7 cm |
| Outside Diameter |
3.3 cm |
| Credit Line |
Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913 |
| Other Number |
GL08 (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 2562 - Other Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| Quick, Jennifer. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. 1st ed. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2004. See: p. 115, fig. 103 |
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| Fleming, Stuart J. Roman Glass: Reflections of Everyday Life (I). University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 1997. See: p. 30, pl. 44 |
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| Fleming, Stuart J. "Early Imperial Roman Glass at the University of Pennsylvania Museum." Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 38, no. 2. (1996): 13-37. See: p. 22, fig. 15A,B |
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