Jar with Two Handles (Amphoriskos)
Jar with Two Handles (Amphoriskos)
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean
Date1st century CE
DimensionsH: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Body Diam: 2 3/8 in. (6.0 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled, with applied handles
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.568
Not on View
DescriptionThis dark blue glass jar has a flaring rim and a rounded body. The neck is tall and slightly concave, and the two handles stretch from the shoulder to the rim. The base is flat with a small dip in the center.
The neck contains visible air bubbles formed during the blowing process. The handles are a lighter blue and were shaped separately, with their tips pulled thin and folded back.
Published ReferencesHayes, John W., Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1975, p. 55, no. 128. (A close parallel dated "About late 1st - early 2nd century A.D.)
1st century CE
about 3rd-4th century CE
Probably mid-4th to mid-5th century
Probably late 4th to late 5th century
Late 4th to late 5th century
1st century CE
Probably 4th century
Possibly late 19th or early 20th century
Probably 4th century
Probably 4th century
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