- Object Name:
- Bottle
- Place Made:
- Eastern Mediterranean
- Date:
- 3rd–4th century CE
- Medium:
- Glass: free-blown
- Dimensions:
- 9 15/16 × 7 11/16 in. (25.2 × 19.6 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Betty and Max Ratner Collection
- Accession Number:
- 1981-79
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This long-necked globular bottle is probably the form referred to in the Talmud as the Tzlohit or flask (Zevulun and Olenik 1979: 18). It functioned much like the modern bottle; the large flasks "held in two hands" were designed to hold wine, which would have been poured into cups during the meal.
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.