Bulbous Jar

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Bulbous Jar

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine

DateLate fourth to early fifth century

DimensionsH: 3 1/2 in. (9.0 cm); Rim Diam: 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm); Body Diam: 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.805

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DescriptionMedium thick glass. Small bubbles. Blowing spirals. Transparent natural pale green (near 10 G 6/2). Free-blown. Pontil mark cannot be distinguished because of weathering. Collar rim, rounded in flame with cut-out below. Funnel neck with concave transition to shoulder. Concave shoulder. Elongated bulbous body with greatest diameter at midpoint. Base flattened with slight depression in center. On body eight irregularly spaced oval indentations. CLASSIFICATION: Jar Class IA2.