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Glass unguentarium

Large unguentarium, preserved complete, mended. It is made of dark blue glass, free blown. It is supported on a flat unshaped base. The initially spherical body has been pressed and is now lentoid. The neck is broader to its base and narrower towards the rim, while in its base a relief collar is shaped that permits its safe handling and at the same time reduces the flow of the content. For the same reasons, the rim is quite lifted up shaping a kind of a cup.

Code

ΒΥ 84

Type

Unguentarium

Chronology

14th-16th c.

Dimensions

Height 20 cm., greatest diameter 13 cm.

Material of Construction

Glass

Origin

Thessaloniki, Rotonda's cemetery