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MS5100

From: Syria | Aleppo

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5100
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hellenistic
Provenience Syria | Aleppo
Period Hellenistic Period
Date Made 199-100 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Core-Form
Description

One handle mended, otherwise intact. Slight terminal knob, ovoid body, threaded handles attached at shoulder and upper neck. Neck flares slightly, thin goes in, ending with everted rim. Glass: blown handles, brown matrix, combed and marvered decoration in tan, cream and yellow; slight iridescence. Sand core process.

Height 15.8 cm
Width 6.1 cm
Outside Diameter 5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913
Other Number 2957 - Other Number

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