Pointed Jar with Two Handles

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Pointed Jar with Two Handles

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine or Syria

DateProbably fourth century

DimensionsH: 5 1/16 in. (12.8 cm); Rim Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); Body Diam: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.933

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DescriptionThin glass. Small vertically elongated bubbles in body, some horizontally elongated bubbles near rim. Blowing spirals. Transparent to translucent manganese colored streaky grayish red (near 10 R 4/2). Translucent pale olive (between 10 Y 6/2 and 10 Y 4/2) handles and foil. Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.2 cm. Added thread. Excess glass at tips of handles clipped off. Rim rounded and partially thickened in flame with tool mark along part of interior. Short funnel neck. Shoulder strongly sloped on one side, concave on opposite side. Elongated bulbous body with greatest diameter below shoulder. Flattened base. Two angular coil handles applied to shoulder and attached below rim where they are folded inward, downward, upward, and outward to form a closed loop, then inward to rim. Neck coil ca. 1.7 cm. below rim from left to right with irregular buckle at point of application. On body, seven tall narrow indentations from shoulder to above base. CLASSIFICATION: Jar Class III C 6 a.