Ointment Bottle
possibly Cypriot
possibly Roman
Cyprus
Roman; Early Imperial, 1st century CE
Glass - blue
Overall: 5 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. (13.3 × 4.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Emily Howe Hitchcock, Class of 1872HW
12.1.358
Geography
Place Made: Eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus, West Asia, Asia
Period
1-500
Object Name
Vessel
Research Area
Classical World
On view
Course History
Classical Studies 25.01, Early Roman Archaeology, Margaretha Kramer, Winter 2025
Classics 12.02, Greek & Roman Engineering & Technology, Margaretha Kramer, Spring 2025
History 10.02, Archival Research, Julia Rabig, Summer 2025
Anthropology 31.01, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 36.01, Gender in Cross Cultural Perspectives, Sabrina Billings, Fall 2025
Theater 15.01, Theatre & Society I, Samantha Lazar, Fall 2025
Classical Studies 12.01, Greek and Roman Engineering and Technology, Margaretha Kramer, Fall 2025
Humanities 1.01, Decadence, Rebecca Biron, Fall 2025
Anthropology 39.01, Middle Eastern Studies 3.02, Archaeology of the Middle East, Jesse Casana, Winter 2026
Classical Studies 21.01, Greek Archaeology: Early Iron Age, Julie Hruby, Winter 2026
Classical Studies 20.01, Greek Archaeology: First Hominins to Mycenaean Palaces, Margaretha Kramer, Spring 2026
History 71.02, Middle Eastern Studies 17.23, Law, Order, and Conquest in Islamic History, Aseel Najib, Spring 2026
Exhibition History
Stone, Sand, and Clay: Connecting Cultures in the Ancient Mediterranean, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 7, 2025 - Ongoing
Provenance
Collected by Luigi Palma di Cesnola, American Consul to Cyprus, 1865-1876; given to Hiram Hitchcock (1832-1900, Class of 1872H), Hanover, New Hampshire, about 1872; bequeathed to his second wife, Emily Howe Hitchcock (1852-1912), Hanover, New Hampshire, 1900; bequeathed to present collection, 1912.
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