Perfume Bottle
Unknown Roman
Unidentified Near Eastern maker
1st-3rd century CE
Glass
Overall: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Alice Cox, Class of 1939hW
165.11.15569
Geography
Place Made: West Asia, Asia
Object Name
Furnishings: Household Accessory
Research Area
Near East
On view
Course History
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
Studio Art 21.01, Sculpture II, Soo Sunny Park, Spring 2026
Studio Art 73.01, Sculpture III, Soo Sunny Park, 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
Alice Ray Cox (1891-1975), Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1965.
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