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Perfumed oil bottle (unguentarium)
Perfumed oil bottle (unguentarium)

Perfumed oil bottle (unguentarium)

Date1st century BCE - 1st century CE
Periodlate Hellenistic to early Roman Empire
CultureCypriot
MediumCeramic (wheelmade)
ClassificationCeramics
ProvenanceFound by Luigi Palma di Cesnola (American Consul to Cyprus, 1865–1876); purchased by subscription by the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1874-1876; (sale, the Anderson Galleries, New York), April 21, 1928; purchased by John Ringling; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936-present.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.879
On View
Not on view
DimensionsOverall
Height: 6.0 in. (15.2 cm)
Diameter (max, body): 2 7/16 in. (6.27 cm)
Rim
Diameter (exterior): 1 5/16 in. (3.3 to 3.35 cm)
Diameter (interior, rim/neck): 3/8 in. (0.96 to 1.03)
Neck
Diameter (at bottom): 15/16 in. (2.45 cm)
Diameter (below rim): 7/8 in. (2.26 cm)
Base
Diameter: 1 1/2 in. (3.87 cm)
Wall
Thickness: 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)

Medium Details

Color  (Munsell soil color chart)

Fabric:  5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow); core 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow)

Inclusions

many small sand and lime