Tubular Unguentarium - 73.271.12
Acquisition number: 7371.12
This type of glassware is often called a ‘tear bottle’, however they are simply tubular unguentaria. Flavian to Hadrianic (first to second century AD).
Title: Tubular Unguentarium - 73.271.12
Acquisition number: 7371.12
Culture or period: Roman Imperial
Date: 1st - 2nd century AD.
Material: Glass
Object type: Unguentarium
Display case or on loan: 9
Keywords: Roman, Imperial, Glass
73.271.12 (NGA)
Tubular Unguentarium
On loan from the National Gallery of Australia.
This type of glassware is often called a ‘tear bottle’, however they are simply tubular unguentaria. Flavian to Hadrianic (first to second century AD).
National Gallery of Australia.
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