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alabastron
Object Type
alabastron
Museum number
1868,0501.75
Description
Glass alabastron, perhaps blown, built up of wavy strips of green, blue and white gold-banded glass. The surface is ground inside the neck and outside.
Cultures/periods
Hellenistic
Production date
100BC-25BC
100BC - 25BC
50BC - 1 BC
Production place
Made in:
Cyprus
(?)
Made in:
Levant
(?)
Made in:
Egypt
(?)
Materials
glass
gold
Technique
blown
(?)
ground
Dimensions
Diameter:
2.30 centimetres
Height:
18 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Tait 1991 / Five Thousand Years of Glass
(pl.66)
Glass 2 / Catalogue of Greek and Roman Glass, Volume 2
(517)
Location
On display
(G22/dc7)
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Felix Slade
Acquisition date
1868
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1868,0501.75
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
DBH.1263