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MS4949

From: Syro-Palestine

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4949
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Syro-Palestine
Date Made 100-299 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Blown | Threading
Description

Amber glass with Blue Thread

Glass. Thread ornament on neck, zig-zag on rim, handle and base of dark blue.

Intact. Knob base, pulled up pyriform body, narrow neck, funnel mouth, rim rolled out. Threaded single handle attached at shoulder and under rim. Base and handle dark blue, body fluted, spiral threads, blue, on neck. Blue threads in triangular pattern on under lip. Glass: thin, light green, slight iridescence. Mold-blown.

Height 9.3 cm
Outside Diameter 3.4 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913
Other Number GL11 (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 2879 - Other Number

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