A Roman dark green glass unguentarium with an out-turned rim, short neck and a tubular body decorated with columnar indentations. The bottle has a flat base. 

Condition: Complete and intact, a few light accretions.

Height 8.2 cms (3.2 ins).

Roman eastern empire: Circa 2nd-3rd Century AD.

For similar use of indents, see item 437 Ancient Glass in the National Museums Scotland C. S. Lightfoot.

Purchased from UK collection of P.C. 1990-2010

(At the height of its popularity in Rome, glass was present in nearly every aspect of daily life. It was a particularly favoured container for precious, valuable liquids, such as expensive oils, perfumes, and medicines which were produced from all corners of the Roman empire). This bronze arrowhead point hails from the Iron-age 

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