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Double Unguentarium (cosmetic tube)

Made By Syrian
Made By Roman
Date200-399 AD
PeriodLate Roman Imperial Period
Mediumfree-blown glass
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. (10.8 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm)
Classification(s)
  • ANCIENT
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Charles T. Cook
Terms
  • unguentarium
  • container
  • cosmetic
Object number30.1.22
DescriptionThick, natural dark-green glass. Two attached tubular phials with rims folded inward. Solid, flattened base with pontil mark. Part of rim of one phial is missing. The remainder of thin trailed decoration winds around body; signs that decoration once covered most of vessel; almost all now missing. No indication of handles. One phial partially full of unanalyzed matter, other with incrustation inside. Some silver enamel-like weathering on interior and exterior.
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Teaching events
Amnon Ortoll-Bloch, CHEM 114, s21
Amanda Wilcox, CLLA 201, f21
Amanda Wilcox, CLLA 201, f22
Marissa Henry, CLLA 201, f24