Balsamarium
Flask
MS4935
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Israel | Nazareth (Israel)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4935 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Roman | Islamic (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Israel | Nazareth (Israel) |
| Period | Islamic Period |
| Date Made | 5th century |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass |
| Technique | Blown | Threading |
| Description | Long tubuluar body with short bulb at base. Thread decoration in dark green spirals around neck; 3 additional bands; zig-zags on body/base. Single suspension handle attached to rim in yellow-green glass. |
| Height | 21.5 cm |
| Width | 4.1 cm |
| Depth | 3.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913 |
| Other Number | GL16 (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 2898 - Other Number |
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