Squat Bulbous Jar with Three Handles
Squat Bulbous Jar with Three Handles
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine or Syria
DateLate fourth to late fifth century
DimensionsH: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Body Diam: 2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm); Rim Diam (without handles): 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown, applied decoration and handles
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1030
Not on View
DescriptionThis squat bulbous jar, classified as Jar Class ID4a with a blue zigzag, is free-blown with applied decoration and handles. The medium thin glass contains pinprick and small bubbles, with black specks visible in the handles and thread. It is transparent natural pale green (5 G 7/2) with translucent moderate blue handles, coil, and thread (near 5 B 5/6). A pontil mark about 1.1 cm in diameter appears over a reamer mark. A stray thread is visible at the tip of one handle and below it on the rim coil, and excess glass at the tips of the handles has been clipped off.
The rim is rounded in flame, leading to a funnel neck and a hollow shoulder. The squat bulbous body has its greatest diameter at the middle and sits on a concave base with a low kick. Three straight coil handles are attached to the shoulder and connect to the edge of the rim. A rim coil is present. On the lower part of the body, a zigzag thread with twenty-two segments wraps around, continuing near the middle for two revolutions that partly overlay the zigzag.
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Second to third quarter of fourth century CE
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Second to third quarter of fourth century CE
Late 4th-5th century CE
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Probably mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
Late fourth to end of fifth century
Late fourth to early fifth century
Mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
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