Medicine Bottle.
Handle and half of neck and mouth missing.
Flat base with string marks. Irregular, barrel-shaped body with slightly angular shoulder. Short, thick neck; plain, slightly outturned rim ... Context of late 1st century B.C. and 1st century after Christ ... The shape of this and the two following bottles is paralleled by three bottles from Egypt stamped Διονυσι'(ου), Διονυσι'ου, and Διονυσι'ου λυ'κ[ιον⟧, respectively (Rowe 1942, no. 16, p. 59, pl. ... , Akestias, Lykias, Simakon, and Alypou (the last perhaps the name of a pharmacist but also the name of a drug) (see IG XIV 2406:1, 2; H. A. Thompson 1948, p. 191; Guarducci 1952; Sjöqvist 1960, p. 82, fig. 15, pl. 20; Prouglo 1966, p. 13, fig. 2; Hershkovitz 1986, no. 1, pp. 47, 50; Smith 1992, p. 166, note 38; Panayotou and Chrysostomou 1993, no. 12, pp. 381--382, figs. 17, 18).