Tubular Jar
Tubular Jar
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine
DateMid-third to mid-fourth centuries
DimensionsH: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm); Rim Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4.0 cm); Body Diam: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); Base Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
MediumGlass; blown in a mold, removed.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.904
Not on View
DescriptionThin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering, except for one large elongated bubble in base.
Transparent natural pale green (near 10 G 6/2).
Body blown into a patterned mold, then twisted and slightly expanded. Scant remains of pontil mark.
Flaring rim folded outward, upward, and inward. Slender tubular body bulging out from constriction above base. High pushed-in base forming hollow base ring. Traces of two curved coil handles, now missing, applied just below rim and attached to edge of rim.
On body, from rim to base, crisp mold-blown ribs curving from left to right.
CLASSIFICATION: Tubular Jar IA1b.
Mid-third to mid-fourth centuries
Mid-third to mid-fourth centuries
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth centuries
Mid-third to mid-fourth centuries
Mid-third to mid-fourth centuries
Mid-third to mid-fourth centuries
Mid-third to mid-fourth centuries
Probably fourth century
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