Glass
Identifier:
119835
Description:
Small glass bottle broken into two parts. Most of outer surface covered in white plaster, with humanoid head at top. Inner surface thickly crusted with white and grey material. Additionally, three unlabeled glass fragments: long green neck of bottle; short, jagged fragment of bottle neck; and one small iridescent square of glass.;Part of accession #4829 (catalogue #119831-119841), a group of objects from Egypt, which was purchased for $25.00 (total).;These items are examples of Roman glassware dating to the first and third centuries AD. They were excavated in Syria and Egypt in the first half of the 1900s.
Date:
299 – 300
Materials:
Glass
Dimensions:
3.1" h 1.4" w 0.5" d; 4.5" h ; 2.8" h ; 1.9" h
Current Location Status:
In Storage
Source:
Museum Purchase
Exhibit/Program:
Early People Hall (1940 – 1994)
Related Entity:
Eudora Estabrook (donor)
