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Bulbous Jar with Three Handles
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Bulbous Jar with Three Handles

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine or Syria
DateLate fourth to late fifth century
DimensionsH: 3 15/16 in. (10.0 cm); Rim Diam: 2 11/16 in. (6.9 cm); Body Diam: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled, handles hot-tooled on.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.938
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DescriptionMedium thin glass. A few small spherical bubbles. Blowing spirals. Transparent natural grayish yellow (near 5 GY 7/2). Translucent grayish green handles. Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.6 cm in diameter. Excess glass at tips of handles folded upward and back against top of handles. Collar rim, rounded in flame with open cutout below. Deeply concave neck with curved transition to shoulder. Strongly sloped shoulder. Elongated bulbous body with greatest diameter at midpoint. Concave base. Three angular coil handles applied to shoulder, touched down to side of cutout, and attached to side of rim. CLASSIFICATION: Jar Class I D 2 a The exact relationship between Classes I C 2 and I D 2 is not clear. On the one hand, general similarities with vessels of Class I C 2 suggest Class I D 2 developed from them and could have been made in the same workshops, but at a slightly later date. However, the discovery of a jar of Class I D 2 in a tomb that appears to have been used from the end of the fourth to the end of the fifth century (see 23.1032) suggests production of Class I D 2 began toward the end of the fourth century, suggesting Classes IC2 and ID2 . . .

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