Double Tube with Looped Trails

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Double Tube with Looped Trails

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine

DateSixth to early seventh century

DimensionsH: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); Rim Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); Body Diam: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1276

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DescriptionTransparent to translucent natural grayish green (near 10 GY 5/2). Translucent similarly colored trails. Pontil mark ca. 1.3 cm in diameter; ground off. Body pinched once lengthwise. Excess glass at tips of trails folded back against tops of trails and flattened. Medium thin glass. Blowing spirals. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Hollow rim folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. Flattened body with two tubular compartments. Straight walls with bulge above base. Two looped side trails applied to lower body, touched down twice to body to form three loops, attached below rim where they are folded inward, upward, and outward to form a closed loop, then inward over rim. CLASSIFICATION: Double Tube IG2a.