Spherical Jar with Three Handles
Spherical Jar with Three Handles
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Phoenicia, Palestine or Syria
DateProbably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
DimensionsH: 1 15/16 in. (5.0 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Body Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm)
MediumGlass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1176
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Blowing spirals.
Translucent to transparent dark yellowish orange (near 10 YR 4/6, but darker). Similarly colored handles.
Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.3 cm in diameter, over reamer mark. Excess glass at tips of handles folded upward and back against top of handles.
Rim folded outward, upward, and downward. Deeply concave neck with curved transition to shoulder. Sloping shoulder. Spherical body. Concave base with kick. Three angular coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to edge of rim.
CLASSIFICATION: Jar Class I D 1 a.
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Late fourth to late fifth century
Mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
Late fourth to late fifth century
Mid-fifth to mid-sixth century
Probably fifth century
Probably late fourth to late fifth century
Probably fourth century
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