Squat Jar with Zigzag Neck Coil

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Squat Jar with Zigzag Neck Coil

Place of OriginAncient Rome, probably Palestine

DatePossibly fourth 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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DescriptionThin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Transparent natural grayish green (5 G 5/2). Translucent similarly colored zigzag coil. Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 0.9 cm in diameter. Added coil and thread. Rim rounded and thickened in flame with tool mark on interior. Wide funnel neck. Concave shoulder. Squat straight-walled body broadening toward base. Flat base. Freestanding zigzag coil, applied to shoulder and attached to rim, trailed on from left to right with sixteen turns between shoulder and rim. CLASSIFICATION: Jar Class I B 4 a (variation).