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Squat Bulbous Jar with Multiple Handles
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Squat Bulbous Jar with Multiple Handles

Place of OriginRoman Empire, probably Syria
DateMid-fifth to mid-sixth century
DimensionsH: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm); Diam (body): 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); Rim Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm)
MediumGlass, free blown, tooled, applied decoration
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1318
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DescriptionThis free-blown glass jar, classified as Jar Class I D 12a, has a squat cylindrical body with applied decoration. The glass is transparent grayish yellow green (between 5 GY 7/2 and 5 GY 5/2) with translucent similarly colored handles. The vessel is made of medium thin glass with pinprick bubbles and visible blowing spirals. A ring pontil mark, approximately 1.4 cm in diameter, appears over a reamer mark. Excess glass at the tips of the handles is folded upward and back against the handles. The rim is rounded in flame with a closed projecting roll below. The tall, straight-walled neck widens slightly toward the mouth and has a constriction at its base. A concave shoulder leads to the squat cylindrical body, which tapers slightly toward a deeply concave base with a pronounced kick. Eleven curved coil handles are applied to the shoulder, touched down below the projecting roll, and attached to the side of the roll and the rim.

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