Inverted Piriform Jug on Base Ring
Inverted Piriform Jug on Base Ring
Place of Originprobably Roman Levant
Date3rd-4th Century
Dimensions5 1/4 × 1 15/16 × 2 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (13.3 × 4.9 × 5.7 × 3.8 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Object number
1916.73
Not on View
DescriptionThin glass with very few bubbles.
Transparent, slightly streaky manganese colored grayish red (10 R 4/2). Translucent similarly colored coil handle.
Free-blown and tooled. Pontil mark ca. 0.95 cm in diameter.
Horizontally flaring circular mouth; rim rounded in flame. Tapering neck with curved transition to shoulder. Sloping shoulder. Inverted piriform body with nearly straight sides. Open pushed-in base. Straight plain flattened coil handle applied to shoulder and attached to rim (type of attachment unknown, see CONDITION, below).
CLASSIFICATION Jug Class IA2a
Probably fourth or early fifth century
Probably fourth century
Second half of fourth to early fifth century
First half of fourth century
Fourth century
Second half of fourth to early fifth century
Second half of fourth century
Probably second half of fourth to early fifth century
Second half of fourth century
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