Glass candlestick unguentarium, flask bottle with a long neck

Details

• Title

  Glass candlestick unguentarium, flask bottle with a long neck

• Associated place

  Europe › Cyprus › Limassol › Ayios Tychonas › Amathous (necropoleis) (place of excavation)

• Date

  Roman Imperial Period (31 BC - AD 476)
  

• Material and technique

  glass

• Object type

  container › oil-container › perfume bottle › unguent jar › unguentarium

• Dimensions

  17.8 cm (height)
  8.8 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by the Trustees of the British Museum from excavations by J.L. Myres for the BM in 1894.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1896-1908.G.525

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