Glass cosmetic bottle


Accession Number
WK24
Current Location
House of Life (first floor), Faience and glass case
Object Type
Receptacle/vessel, Bottle, Unguentarium
Period
Graeco-Roman Period
Material
Glass
Measurements
Height: 32mm | Diameter: 27mm | Diameter (neck): 11mm | Thickness: 1mm
Number of Elements
1

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Description

An olive green blown glass bottle or unguentarium. The vessel has a cylindrical neck, bulbous body, and flattened base. The rim is now missing. Roman Period in date. Part of the Woking Collection, which arrived to the Egypt Centre on long-term loan from Woking College in 2012 (Engel 2020).

Bibliography

Engel, Dulcie (2020) The Woking Loan: a collection within a collection at the Egypt Centre. Available at: https://www.egypt.swan.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/WOKING-LOAN.pdf

Last modified: 03 Jan 2023
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