Double Tube with Side Handles and Basket Handle
Double Tube with Side Handles and Basket Handle
Place of OriginPalestine
DateLate fourth to end of fifth 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
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent natural yellowish green tint. Exact tint cannot be determined. Translucent pale green (near 10 G 6/2) handles.
Pontil mark ca. 1.4 cm in diameter; ground off. Body pinched once lengthwise. Added handles; excess glass at tips of handles missing.
Hollow rim folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. Flattened, wide body with two tubular compartments, narrowing toward waist. Top of dividing wall recessed slightly into interior of vessel. Narrow, flattened base. Two angular coil handles applied to middle of body ca. 4.5 cm below rim and attached below rim where they are folded inward, upward, and outward to form a closed loop; one handle continued to form a basket handle which is now missing.
CLASSIFICATION: Double Tube IIC2a.
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Sixth to early seventh century
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