Jar
Jar
Place of OriginPossibly Egypt or Persia (Iran)
Date9th-10th century
DimensionsH: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Rim Diam: 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm); Body Diam: 2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm)
MediumBlown glass, with wheel-cut decoration
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.2140
Not on View
DescriptionColorless with yellowish tinge; wide mouth; cylindrical neck; neck with engraved zig-zag decoration, with two short horizontal lines within each unit; cylindrical body; body with engraved row of inverted triangles, each with short vertical line in center; from point of each triangle extends two short horizontal lines, with two longer vertical lines below; vertical lines between.
Workshop of the Floating Handles
first half CE 1st century
5th century BCE
2nd-1st century BCE
5th century BCE
9th-10th century
Late 6th through 5th century BCE
750-650 BCE
2nd-1st century BCE
late 6th through 5th century BCE
3rd century BCE
Late 6th through 5th century BCE
Late 6th to 5th century BCE
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