Bulbous Jar
Bulbous Jar
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Syria or Palestine
DateProbably mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
DimensionsH: 4 11/16 in. (11.8 cm); Rim Diam: 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm); Body Diam: 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.814
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thin glass. Small bubbles. Blowing spirals.
Transparent natural grayish green (near 10 GY 5/2).
Free-blown. No pontil mark.
Rim folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. Tall concave neck with interrupted curve; curved transition to shoulder. Gently sloping shoulder. Squat bulbous body with greatest diameter above midpoint. Concave base.
CLASSIFICATION: Jar Class IA9a.
COLLECTIONS Thomas E. H. Curtis, Plainfield, New Jersey, no. B 370
REMARKS Jars of Class IA9 have a folded rim and a tall concave neck. They differ from those of IA7 in that they lack a projecting roll below the rim.
A parallel was found at Beisan.
Probably fourth century
Fourth century
Probably First Half of Third Century
Mid-fourth to mid-fifth century
Probably fourth century
Sixth to early seventh centuries
First half of the first century CE
3rd-4th century CE
Fourth century
Possibly fourth century
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