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Bulbous Jar with Six Handles and Basket Handle

Bulbous Jar with Six Handles and Basket Handle

Place of Originpossibly Beit Shean, Roman Levant
Date5th century
Dimensions5 3/8 × 2 7/16 × 3 1/16 in. (13.7 × 6.2 × 7.8 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Object number
1916.71
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Transparent natural green. Translucent similarly colored handles. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering. Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.4 cm in diameter, over reamer mark. Tooled. Excess glass at tips of handles folded backward against top of handle. Handles hot tooled on. Collar rim, rounded in flame with open cutout below. Jacked neck. Gently sloping shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter at midpoint. Concave base. Six angular coil handles applied to shoulder, touched down to side of cutout, and attached to edge of rim where they protrude slightly inward. Round basket handle made of a heavy coil with round cross section applied to top of one handle and attached to the top of the opposite handle. CLASSIFICATION: Jar Class I G 2 a.
Image Not Available for Bulbous Jar with Multiple Handles and Basket Handle
Bulbous Jar with Multiple Handles and Basket Handle
Fifth century
Image Not Available for Bulbous Jar with Two Handles and Basket Handle
Bulbous Jar with Two Handles and Basket Handle
Late fourth to late fifth century
Image Not Available for Inverted Conical Jar with Multiple Handles and Basket Handle, on Foot
Inverted Conical Jar with Multiple Handles and Basket Handle, on Foot
Probably mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
Image Not Available for Ovoid Jar with Basket Handle, on Base Ring
Ovoid Jar with Basket Handle, on Base Ring
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
Hexagonal Jar with Basket Handle
Hexagonal Jar with Basket Handle
Sixth to early seventh centuries
Image Not Available for Bulbous Jar with Two handles
Bulbous Jar with Two handles
Second to third quarter of fourth century CE
Image Not Available for Spherical Jar with Three Handles
Spherical Jar with Three Handles
Late fourth to late fifth century
Image Not Available for Double Tube with Side Handles and Basket Handle
Double Tube with Side Handles and Basket Handle
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Image Not Available for Single Tube with Side Handles and Basket Handle
Single Tube with Side Handles and Basket Handle
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Image Not Available for Bulbous Jar with Two Handles and Basket Handle
Bulbous Jar with Two Handles and Basket Handle
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
Image Not Available for Bulbous Jar with Multiple Handles on Three Feet
Bulbous Jar with Multiple Handles on Three Feet
Probably fourth century
Image Not Available for Double Tube with Side Handles and Basket Handle
Double Tube with Side Handles and Basket Handle
Fifth century

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