COLLECTIONS / Best of Museum
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