National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Small Bottle 
Period: Early Islamic
Material: Glass
Site: `Illin, H.
Height: 5.8 cm
Diameter: 2.8 cm
Description: Bottle made of thick glass composed of an upper and lower part, separated by a deep constriction together with a neck having shallow grooves and two tiny handles. The bottle is decorated with tiny bosses made of blue glass, scattered over the surface. The bottle is one of the only pieces within the group which is complete. It is dated to the Abbasid-Fatimid period, the 9th-11th centuries.
Bibliography:
Katsnelson N. 2012. The glass vessels from Horbat 'Illin (upper). ATIQOT 71: 47- 56, Fig. 3: 32.





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