Miniature Jug
Miniature Jug
Place of OriginRoman Empire, Palestine
Date4th century
DimensionsH: about 1 in. (2.5 cm)
MediumGlass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.2232
Not on View
DescriptionBody sloping to heavy base. Wide neck. Dark almost opaque glass. One handle formed of looped glass ribbon, extending above neck.
Probably translucent dark blue appearing dull black. Opaque grayish-yellow (5 Y 8/4) zigzag and opaque dark reddish-brown (10 R 3/4) rim coil.
Excess glass at tip of handle clipped off.
Biconical body. Angular thread handle applied to center of body at greatest diameter and attached to rim where it is folded outward, upward, inward, and downward to form a closed loop.
On body, yellow zigzag with at least eight segments. Red rim coil.
CLASSIFICATION IIA1.
4th century
4th century CE
mid-4th to mid-5th century
2nd century BCE - 1st century CE
4th century CE
4th century
4th century
mid-4th to mid-5th century
mid-4th to 5th century
probably 3rd century
Probably second half of 4th to early 5th century CE
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