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Double Tube with Side Handles
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Double Tube with Side Handles

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine
DateFourth century
DimensionsH: 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/16 in. (3.0 cm); Body Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1275
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DescriptionTransparent natural pale green (5 G 7/2). Translucent similarly colored handles. Pontil mark ground off. Body pinched once lengthwise. Added handles; excess glass at tips of handles snapped off. Thin glass. Blowing spirals. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Single circular mouth with everted rim, rounded in flame. Tool mark along part of interior of rim. Flattened body with two tubular compartments, broadening toward base. Top of dividing wall ca. 2.0 cm below rim and further recessed deeply into the vessel. Narrow, flattened base. Two angular coil handles applied to upper body ca. 2.3 cm below rim and attached to edge of rim. CLASSIFICATION: Double Tube IC2a.

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