Squat Jar with Zigzag Neck Coil

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Squat Jar with Zigzag Neck Coil

Place of OriginRoman Empire, probably Palestine

DatePossibly 4th century

DimensionsH: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm); Rim Diam: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm); Body Diam: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown tooled, decoration hot-tooled on.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1024

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DescriptionThis squat jar (classified as Jar Class IB4a, variation) is made of thin free-blown glass. The fabric cannot be determined because of weathering, but the body is transparent natural grayish green (5 G 5/2) with a translucent, similarly colored zigzag coil. A pontil mark about 0.9 cm in diameter is visible on the base. An added coil and thread were applied as decoration. The jar features a rim that is rounded and thickened in the flame with a tool mark visible on the interior. It has a wide funnel neck and a concave shoulder. The squat, straight-walled body broadens toward a flat base. A freestanding zigzag coil, applied to the shoulder and attached to the rim, was trailed on from left to right with sixteen turns between shoulder and rim.