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© Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Girona
Omeka ID 3150
Empúries
Roman world

ointment jar

MAC GIR-000900

Object type
ointment-pot
Production date
60/70
Fabric
-
Museum
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya - Girona
Culture
Roman world
Discovery location
Empúries
Materials
glass
Township
Escala, l' (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Girona, Alt Empordà)
Technique
glassblowing
Where is it?
MASPG
Dimensions
108 mm x 69 (Ø màx.) mm
Description
Small translucent blown glass ointment jar, with a slightly bluish hue and pyriform bottle shape, with an elongated cylindrical neck and edge with rounded lip outside. It comes from Empúries (L'Escala, Alt Empordà) and dates to the 1st-2nd centuries AD. It is an example of the multiple glass containers used during Roman times to contain various cosmetic products, oils, ointments, or medicines. These types of containers are often associated with the funeral world as part of the grave goods that accompanied the deceased, and owing to this they have reached the present.

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