Jar with Two Handles (Amphoriskos)
Jar with Two Handles (Amphoriskos)
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean
Date1st century CE
DimensionsH: 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm); Rim Diam: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm); Body Diam: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled, with applied handles
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.566
Not on View
DescriptionThis glass jar was shaped by free-blowing, with two small handles added by hand. The rim is folded in several directions, and the base has a central dip.
Air bubbles in the glass show how it was formed. The handles, either the same color as the body or white, are thin at the tips and folded back.
1st century CE
Probably fourth century
Probably fourth century
Probably fourth century
Probably fifth century
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Probably fourth century
Probably mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
Probably fourth century
about 4th century CE
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