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Squat Bulbous Jar with Two Handles

Period Roman Empire (Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)
Period Byzantine Empire (Byzantine, 395 CE-1453 CE)
Place of OriginRoman or Byzantine Levant
Datemid 4th-mid 5th century CE
DimensionsGlass Dimensions: 5 7/16 × 2 1/8 × 3 1/2 in. (13.8 × 5.4 × 8.9 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1908.53
Not on View
DescriptionThis vessel (Jar Class I C 1 a) is made of medium thin transparent pale green glass (10 G 6/2) with translucent handles and thread of a similar color. It was free-blown and tooled, with a pontil mark about 1.6 cm in diameter. The glass shows black specks in the thread and handles, and the fabric cannot be determined due to weathering. The rim is folded outward, upward, and inward. The neck is concave, transitioning into a sloping shoulder. The squat bulbous body has its greatest diameter at the midpoint. Two curved coil handles were applied from the shoulder to the rim, with one handle end clipped and the other folded back. A large zigzag thread decoration with fourteen segments runs from the shoulder to the base.

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