# Bottle in the Shape of a Date

- By: Ancient Roman
- Date: 1st to mid–2nd century
- Medium: Glass, mold-blown
- Classification: Vessel
- Dimensions: 6.2 × 2.6 × 2.9 cm (2 7/16 × 1 × 1 1/8 in.)
- Culture: Syria
- Credit line: Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/65612)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/aee03ca2-0b1c-7039-a03c-eb89a1ed3580/full/!1804,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Bottles in the shape of dates are commonly preserved in the yellow-brown color of the fruit itself. Vessels like this one served as containers for precious liquids, probably scented oils that were shipped throughout the empire.

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