Bulbous Jar with Zigzag Neck Coil
Bulbous Jar with Zigzag Neck Coil
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine
DateFourth century
DimensionsH: 2 3/4 in. (7.0 cm); Rim Diam: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); Body Diam: 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled, decoration hot-tooled on.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1019
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thick glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Transparent natural green. Translucent similarly colored zigzag, the exact color of which cannot be determined because of weathering.
Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.2 cm in diameter. Tooled. Added coil.
Flaring rim folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. Deeply concave neck with curved transition to shoulder. Squat bulbous body appearing square as a result of decoration. Base flattened with slight depression in center.
Freestanding zigzag coil applied to shoulder and attached to rim, trailed on from left to right with twenty-three segments between shoulder and rim, then continuing as a single trail diagonally over zigzag, twice around base of zigzag, and up again toward rim. On body, four large circular indentations without tool mark in center.
CLASSIFICATION: Jar Class I B 1 a.
Fourth century
Fourth century
Possibly fourth century
Late fourth to late fifth century
Second to third quarter of fourth century CE
Sixth to early seventh century
Late fourth to early fifth century
Probably fourth century
Late fourth to late fifth century
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