Conical Bottle with Two Handles (Amphora)
Conical Bottle with Two Handles (Amphora)
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date2nd-3rd century CE
DimensionsH: 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Body Diam: 2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1197
Not on View
DescriptionTranslucent to transparent dusky red (near 5 R 3/4?). Translucent natural green handles and thread.
Pontil mark ca. 1.0 cm. Added thread. Excess glass at tips of handles clipped off. Medium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Hollow rim folded outward, downward, upward, inward, and flattened. Tubular neck tapering downward. Conical body. Concave base. Two angular coil handles applied to upper part of body and attached to upper part of neck where they are folded outward, upward, inward, and flattened to form a closed loop.
On base, body, and neck, ca. six revolutions of thread.
CLASSIFICATION Conical Bottle I A 3 a.
Probably fourth century
4th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
Probably mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
Sixth to early seventh century
Sixth century
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