Pointed Bottle with Two Handles

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Pointed Bottle with Two Handles

Place of OriginAncient Rome

Date4th Century

DimensionsH: 6 3/4 in. (17.3 cm); Rim Diam: 1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm); Body Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)

MediumGlass; blown in a mold, removed, free-blown, tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1189

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DescriptionTransparent natural pale green tint (10 G 6/2). Translucent similarly colored handles. Body blown into a patterned mold and expanded. Neck and mouth free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.3 cm. Excess glass at tips of handles clipped off. Thin glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Blowing spirals. Flaring rim folded outward, upward, inward, and downward. Tubular neck. Strongly sloped shoulder. Pointed body. Concave base. Two curved coil handles applied to shoulder and attached to rim where they are folded downward, inward, and upward, outward, to form a closed loop, then inward to edge of rim. On body from upper body to just above base, expanded corrugations curving from left to right. CLASSIFICATION: Pointed bottle (Amphora?) II A 4a, with handles I A 2 a, Barag amphorisk type 4-1 (pl. 37). REMARKS See Barag 1974, 83 fig. 2.1 from Netiv Ha-Lamed He, with kohl stick.