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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Roman Amber Glass Flask In The Form Of A Date, 50 CE - 200 CE

Roman Amber Glass Flask In The Form Of A Date, 50 CE - 200 CE

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Since the dawn of civilization in the Near East, man has cultivated the date, whose wrinkled shape this charming vessel imitates. In antiquity, the fertile date palm was a symbol...
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Since the dawn of civilization in the Near East, man has cultivated the date, whose wrinkled shape this charming vessel imitates. In antiquity, the fertile date palm was a symbol of abundance and plenty which appears often in art and on coins. While we cannot be certain what this little flask originally contained, we are aware that a benevolent magic clings to it still.
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