Double Tube with Side Handles and Basket Handle

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Double Tube with Side Handles and Basket Handle

Place of OriginPalestine

DateLate 4th to end of 5th century

DimensionsH: 4 3/16 in. (10.2 cm); Rim Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); Body Diam: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1280

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DescriptionThis vessel is made of free-blown and tooled glass with a transparent natural yellowish-green tint. The exact tint cannot be determined because of weathering. The two handles are translucent pale green (near 10 G 6/2). The body is pinched once lengthwise and features a hollow rim folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. The vessel has a wide, flattened body with two tubular compartments that narrow toward the waist. The top of the dividing wall is slightly recessed into the interior of the vessel. The base is narrow and flattened. Two angular coil handles are applied to the middle of the body about 4.5 cm below the rim and are attached below the rim, where they are folded inward, upward, and outward to form a closed loop. One handle originally continued to form a basket handle, which is now missing. The pontil mark is about 1.4 cm in diameter and is ground off. This vessel is a double tube with side handles and a basket handle. It is classified as Double Tube IIC2a.