Inverted Piriform Jug on Base Ring
Inverted Piriform Jug on Base Ring
Place of OriginIsrael, reportedly found at Beit Shean (ancient Scythopolis)
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
DescriptionThis inverted piriform jug (Jug Class IA2a) is made from thin, free-blown and tooled glass with very few visible bubbles. The glass is transparent and slightly streaky, colored a manganese-toned grayish red (10 R 4/2), with a translucent, similarly colored coil handle. The horizontally flaring circular mouth has a rim rounded in flame. A tapering neck transitions smoothly into a sloping shoulder. The body is inverted piriform with nearly straight sides, and the base is open and pushed-in. A straight, plain flattened coil handle is applied to the shoulder and attached to the rim. The pontil mark measures approximately 0.95 cm in diameter.
Probably 4th century
Second half of 4th to early 5th century
Probably second half of 4th to early 5th century CE
Probably early 4th century
2nd-4th century CE
Probably mid-4th to early 5th century
6th century?
Second half of 6th to early 7th century
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