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Quadruple Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)

Quadruple Unguentarium (cosmetic bottle)

Roman

Four-chambered cosmetic tube (unguentarium) of translucent pale blue-green glass. The handles are separately attached. A thin trail decoration was applied around the exterior of the unguentarium after the chambers were formed. Further handle-like decoration rising from the rims of the four chambers is broken off.

Pale blue-green glass

Roman Imperial period, Late, to Early Byzantine

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