Roman bottle

Object/Artifact

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Drexel Founding Collection

Name/Title

Roman bottle

Entry/Object ID

815

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

James W. Paul, Jr., Philadelphia

Notes

Date: 1894 Means of Accession: gift

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified

Date made

circa 400 CE

Place

City

Tyre

Country

Lebanon

Region

Middle East

Continent

Asia

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

H, L, W: 9 1/4x2 1/2x3 1/2 in; H, L, W: 23.49x6.35x8.89 cm

Height

9-1/4 in

Width

3-1/2 in

Length

2-1/2 in

Height

23.49 cm

Width

8.89 cm

Length

6.35 cm

Material

Glass, blown

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

In addition to storage of cosmetic oils, glass vessels were also used to store olive oil purposed for cooking. Regardless of their place in the social order, Roman families would use olive oil in their daily dinner preparations because dinner was a ritual shared by all facets of Roman society.