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Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
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Bulbous Jar with Two Handles

Place of OriginAncient Rome, probably Palestine
DateProbably fourth century
DimensionsH: 2 in. (5.1 cm); Rim Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4.0 cm); Body Diam: 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.923
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent natural green (10 G 6/2). Similarly colored handles. Pontil mark ca. 1.2 cm in diameter, over reamer mark. Excess glass at tips of handles folded upward and back against top of handles. Medium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Funnel neck with curved junction at shoulder. Strongly sloped shoulder. Bulbous body with greatest diameter at midpoint. Concave base with kick. Two curved coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to side of rim. CLASSIFICATION: Jar Class I C 5 a.
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 Two Handles
Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Second to third quarter of fourth century CE
Image Not Available for Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Image Not Available for Bulbous Jar with Three Handles
Bulbous Jar with Three Handles
Late fourth to late fifth century
Image Not Available for Bulbous Jar with Two Handles and Basket Handle
Bulbous Jar with Two Handles and Basket Handle
Possibly late 19th or early 20th century
Image Not Available for Bulbous Jar with Two Handles, on Base Ring
Bulbous Jar with Two Handles, on Base Ring
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Image Not Available for Pointed Jar with Two Handles
Pointed Jar with Two Handles
Probably fourth 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 Two Handles
Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Probably fifth century
Squat Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Squat Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Unidentified
mid 4th-mid 5th century CE
Image Not Available for Squat Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Squat Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Image Not Available for Squat Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Squat Bulbous Jar with Two Handles
Probably fourth century

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