Amphora
86-35-57
From: Syria | Mount Carmel
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 86-35-57 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Syria | Mount Carmel |
Date Made | 99-0 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Glass |
Technique | Blown |
Description | Green glass amphora-unguentarium. Rounded bottom with pontil; narrow inverted pyriform body with alternating ridges (2) and depressions (3) clustered together to form a stand; long cylindrical neck; rolled rim. Much encrustation, irridescence. |
Height | 29.5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 6 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of George and Henry J. Vaux, 1985 |
Other Number | GL16 (Ancient Glass Project) - Other Number |
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