Tubular Jar with Two Handles

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Tubular Jar with Two Handles

Place of OriginRoman Empire, probably Palestine

Date3rd century CE

DimensionsH: 4 in. (10.2 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Body Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)

MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.665

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DescriptionThis vessel, classified as Tubular Jar IA1d, is made of thin glass with a transparent natural green tint and translucent pale green handles. The exact color and fabric cannot be fully determined due to weathering. The tubular body has a slight bulge at the shoulder and broadens toward a flat base with a central depression. Two angular coil handles are attached to the shoulder and folded downward/inward and upward/outward just below the rim. A pontil mark cannot be detected due to weathering.