Glass is well suited for medicinal purposes. This ancient bottle has a cylindrical shape, narrow neck, and wide mouth. The different-sized spoons on display were probably used to better dose the healing liquid.
Provenance: Tell Umm Ḥōrān.
Material: glass.
Dimension ?
Era: Roman.
Photo: Marwān Mislmānī.
Collection: National Museum of Damascus.
Bašīr Zuhdī. Ālihat aṭ-Ṭibb wa Mašāhidahā. Annales Archéologiques Arabes Syriennes XXV 1975 (pp. 83-116).
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