Bottle
2nd-4th century CE
Description
Bottle; flat base, tapering body, straight shoulder, elongated, bulging funnel mouth. Decorated with etching; vertical lines on the mouth, two bands around the upper body, cross-hatching and entwining lines and dots around the middle, two bands around the lower body. Intact; minimal signs of weathering beyond black patches on mouth.
Dimensions
H. 11 x Rim diam. 2 x W. 3 cm (4 5/16 x 13/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Provenance
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (by 1937-1978), transfer; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1978.
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