Jar
Jar
Artist
Unidentified
Period
Roman Empire
(Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)
Place of Originprobably from Sidon, Roman Lebanon
Date2nd-4th century CE
Dimensions3 1/4 × 4 5/8 × 3 3/16 in. (8.2 × 11.8 × 8.1 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1908.35
Not on View
DescriptionFree-blown and tooled. Thick glass. A few small horizontally elongated bubbles.
Transparent to translucent dark natural green (near 5 G 5/2).
No pontil mark.
Rim rounded and thickened in flame. Concave neck with curved transition to shoulder. Squat conical body. Concave base.
3rd-4th century CE
Probably fourth to fifth century
Late fourth to early fifth century
Probably fourth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
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