Tubular Jar with Two Handles
Tubular Jar with Two Handles
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean
Date3rd century CE
DimensionsH: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm); Rim Diam: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm); Body Diam: 1 3/16 in. (3.0 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.667
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent natural green tint. Translucent pale green handles. Exact color cannot be determined because of weathering. Thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering.
Pontil mark ca. 1.2 cm in diameter. Added handles; excess glass at tips of handles folded under.
Rim folded outward, upward, inward, and slightly flattened. Slender tubular body with slight bulge at shoulder and broadening toward base. Flat base with depression at center. Two angular coil handles applied to shoulder and attached below rim where they are folded downward/inward and upward/outward to form a closed loop.
CLASSIFICATION: Tubular Jar IAId.
Probably late Roman or Byzantine period
4th century CE
Mid-third to mid-fourth centuries
Mid-third to mid-fourth centuries
2nd-3rd century CE
Late fourth through end of fifth century
Late fourth to end of fifth century
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