Bulbous Jug
Bulbous Jug
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine
DateProbably late third to mid-fourth century
DimensionsH: 7 1/16 in. (18 cm); Rim Diam: 2 in. (5.1 cm); Body Diam: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); Base Diam: 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1185
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few pinprick and medium-sized bubbles, elongated vertically in neck; a few small black specks and one large speck in handle.
Transparent natural light olive (10 Y 5/4). Translucent similarly colored handle.
Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.9 cm in diameter. Excess glass at tip of handle folded back against top of handle at rim.
Flaring circular mouth; narrow hollow rim, folded outward, upward, and inward. Slightly tapering neck continuing into body with very gentle curve. Shoulder strongly sloped. Carinated bulbous body with concave lower sides. Open pushed-in base. Straight plain coil handle projecting a little above rim, applied to shoulder and attached to top of rim where it was pressed down to form a closed figure-eight loop.
CLASSIFICATION: Jug Class IA2b with coil handle IA1a
Probably late third to mid-fourth century
Probably fourth century
Second half of fourth century
First half of fourth century
Perhaps sixth century
Probably fifth to early sixth century
Fourth century
Second half of fourth century
Probably fifth century
Probably first half of sixth century
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