Details
A Roman translucent olive-green glass balsamarium, with two bronze spatulae embedded inside -- 4¾in. (12cm.) high, found in a tomb near the Tomb of St. Stephen; a translucent green glass flask -- 5¼in. (13.3cm.) high, from Tiberias; a handled flask, with trefoil lip and pinched shoulder -- 6¼in. (15.8cm.) high; a hemispherical flask with protuberances around the body and wide everted rim -- 3in. (7.6cm.) high, all 3rd-4th Century A.D.; and five modern glass jars
See illustration for items one and three (9)
See illustration for items one and three (9)
Provenance
Lt. Gen. A. H. L. F. Pitt-Rivers Collection: item 1 purchased from Lawrence, 1899; items 2 and 4 purchased from Lawrence, 1898