Elongated Jar (Kohl Tube)
Elongated Jar (Kohl Tube)
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date4th century CE
DimensionsH: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm); Rim Diam: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm); Body Diam: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and tooled.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.645
Not on View
DescriptionThin, transparent decolored glass. The fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Free-blown and tooled. This vessel is classified as Tubular Jar I F 2 (base missing). It has an everted rim rounded in flame and a tubular body made square with four large elongated indentations. The unworked cut rim marks the junction of the body. The base is missing.
Mid-3rd to mid-4th century CE
Late 4th to end of 5th century
Mid-3rd to mid-4th century CE
5th-6th century CE
4th century
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