Glass ointment with a globular or spherical body with a concave base, a long cylindrical neck and a flared edge and a smooth profile. The neck presents a slight deviation from its vertical axis. Carefully made, it is translucent and has a bluish-green hue.

The discovery of blown glass for making containers in the middle of the 1st century BC in Syria led to the appearance of numerous containers made with this technique. Their use as containers for perfumes and essences sometimes made it necessary to extend the neck of the container in order to dose the substances. Also called balsamaries, they are quite common pieces in the Roman world and their shapes, color and quality have evolved; the globular typology of these pieces appears around the time of Tiberius and Claudius, with the section of the belly being oval (narrower towards the neck, pear-shaped).