Tubular Jar with Two Handles
Tubular Jar with Two Handles
Place of OriginAncient Rome, 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
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 cannot be detected because of weathering. Added handles.
Tubular body with 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.
CLASSIFICATION: Tubular Jar IA1d.
Probably late Roman or Byzantine period
Mid-third to mid-fourth centuries
4th-5th century CE
Probably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Mid-third to mid-fourth centuries
Late fourth to end of fifth century
5th century
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