Lot 153
153
A Roman translucent green glass bottle, the cylindrical body with vertical ribbing and with iridescence -- 4¾in. (12cm.) high, from Mount Carmel; and a double balsamarium with thin applied spiral trail, handle broken -- 4in. (10cm.) high excluding handle, from Hebron, both 2nd-4th Century A.D. (2)

Details
A Roman translucent green glass bottle, the cylindrical body with vertical ribbing and with iridescence -- 4¾in. (12cm.) high, from Mount Carmel; and a double balsamarium with thin applied spiral trail, handle broken -- 4in. (10cm.) high excluding handle, from Hebron, both 2nd-4th Century A.D. (2)
Provenance
Lt. Gen. A. H. L. F. Pitt-Rivers Collection: item one purchased from Lawrence 1898; item 2 puchased 1898
Illustrated in Pitt-Rivers Museum catalogue: item 1, p. 2264; item 2, p. 2276

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