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Bottle, Unknown
Bottle, Unknown
Farid Karam M.D. Lebanon Antiquities Collection
Piriform bottle has a ledge rim folded inward. The cylindrical neck transitions smoothly to the conical body. The base is slightly concave with no pontil mark.
Bottle, Unknown
Bottle, Unknown
Farid Karam M.D. Lebanon Antiquities Collection
Piriform bottle has an in-folded rim that is uneven in depth and that overhangs the diameter of the neck. The rim has been flattened parallel to the base. The cylindrical neck expands smoothly into the body which leads to a flat base. There is no palpable pontil mark. The glass is thick and finely pitted.
Pilgrim Bottle, Unknown
Pilgrim Bottle, Unknown
Farid Karam M.D. Lebanon Antiquities Collection
The body is flat front-to-back. Rim is rounded but broken, as if recently broken. Neck is cylindrical for 6.5 cm., after which it flattens to join the body section. There is no palpable pontil mark. The bottle cannot stand freely. The neck has some long bubbles and diagonal cracks.
Pilgrim Bottle, Unknown
Pilgrim Bottle, Unknown
Farid Karam M.D. Lebanon Antiquities Collection
The body of the bottle is flat front-to-back. Rim is round but sharp and jagged, as if recently broken. Neck is cylindrical for 8 cm., after which it flattens as it expands into the round and flattened body. There is no palpable pontil mark. The bottle cannot stand. The neck has many long bubbles and some diagonal cracks.
Bottle, Unknown
Bottle, Unknown
Farid Karam M.D. Lebanon Antiquities Collection
Bottle has a small mouth, an inverted funnel neck and a globular body. The mouth flares and terminates in a simple rim which is uneven in depth. The bottom is broad and sharply concave with a prominent pontil mark.
Square Bottle, Unknown
Square Bottle, Unknown
Farid Karam M.D. Lebanon Antiquities Collection
Square-shouldered bottle tapers to a smaller 1.6 x 1.7 cm base. A short, round neck sits atop the sloping shoulders. The neck has a visible horizontal gap where the neck has been glued to the bottle. The pitting and color of the neck is dissimilar to that of the body. The vessel rests slightly unevenly on the base and stands askew.
Bowl, Unknown
Bowl, Unknown
Farid Karam M.D. Lebanon Antiquities Collection
Bowl has a concave rim that flairs and falls gracefully from a ridge at the height of the bowl. The rim is carefully executed and finished. The ridge is delicate but inconsistently formed, rolling to the inside twice. The bowl is supported by a ring base. The bottom of the inside of the bowl is convex; there is no pontil mark.
Bottle With Funnel Neck, Unknown
Bottle With Funnel Neck, Unknown
Farid Karam M.D. Lebanon Antiquities Collection
Vessel has a tapering neck that narrows as it descends 6.3 cm. before flaring into the globular body. Rim is flat, possibly cracked off. Base is concave with a pontil mark.
Elongated Bottle, Unknown
Elongated Bottle, Unknown
Farid Karam M.D. Lebanon Antiquities Collection
The bottle has a flattened rim, folded inward, and a long cylindrical neck that widens into the body. The body has four indentations irregularly spaced that run longitudinally to the base. The base is a rounded square shape, indented with no pontil mark.
Rectangular Bottle, Unknown
Rectangular Bottle, Unknown
Farid Karam M.D. Lebanon Antiquities Collection
Rectangular body is decorated on three sides with a plant motif in which a central stalk supports fourteen berries arrayed along either side of the stalk. The back side is flat and undecorated. A cylindrical neck rises from the square shoulders and supports a rim which is finished by rolling the edge to the inside. A broad, flat handle attaches to the rim at the undecorated back side and falls at a right angle to reattach just below the shoulder. The pontil mark is evident at the indentation at the base. The bottle is free-standing.
Dropper Bottle, Unknown
Dropper Bottle, Unknown
Farid Karam M.D. Lebanon Antiquities Collection
The squat body is teardrop-shaped with the spout extending 2.5 cm. beyond the body. The spout is horizontal and drawn out of the body of the vessel. The bottom is flattened and the item is free-standing. The tip of the spout is not finished; it may have been broken. The aperture is very narrow. The cylindrical neck of the bottle rises from the body for 4.7 cm. to the rim. The rim is flattened and in-folded unevenly.
Dropper Bottle, Unknown
Dropper Bottle, Unknown
Farid Karam M.D. Lebanon Antiquities Collection
A flattened rim leads to a 4.5 cm. neck that tapers inward and then expands to the globular body. The rim is infolded and flattened. The narrow spout is attached to the shoulder of the body and tilts upward at a 60 degree angle. The tip of the spout is not finished and may have been broken. The bottle is free-standing on a flattened base.