Roman Blue-Green Glass Baby Feeder, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 3rd century CE Amulets - Varia king's scribe Paser

king's scribe Paser

Texas: University of Texas Press

Gallerie Australis

with traces of the original glaze remaining

Roman Blue-Green Glass Baby Feeder, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 3rd century CE Amulets - Varia king's scribe PaserMade from lovely pale green glass featuring a globular body with an upturned horn shaped spout, long cylindrical neck, and everted rim. Such glasses, which were common throughout the eastern Mediterranean region, are often called a "baby feeder", although they have also been described as a guttus, an askos, an oil flask, a blow pipe or, generally, as a pourer flask. Their use remains uncertain, but the fragility of the material makes it unlikely that