Hexagonal Jug with Unassigned Symbols
Hexagonal Jug with Unassigned Symbols
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Palestine, around Jerusalem
DateLate sixth to early seventh centuries
DimensionsH: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/16 in. (3.0 cm); Body Diam: 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm)
MediumGlass; mold blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1357
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Published ReferencesBarag, Dan P., "Glass Pilgrim Vessels from Jerusalem, Pts. II and III," Journal of Glass Studies 13, 1971, p. 49 (C I 3).
- Glass
Stern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-blown Glass: The First through Sixth Centuries, Rome, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider, 1995, p. 258-259, no. 176.
about 578-629
about 578-614
about 578-614
Late 6th- early 7th centuries CE
Probably early 20th century (before 1913)
about 578-636 or 638
Fifth to seventh centuries
Late 6th- early 7th centuries CE
Probably sixth to early seventh centuries
Second quarter to mid-first century CE
Probably 6th century
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