Pilgrim Flask
Oinochoe
MS5653
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Syria (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS5653 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Judeo-Christian |
| Provenience | Syria (uncertain) |
| Date Made | 300-499 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass |
| Technique | Mould-Blown |
| Description | One-handled Jug, trefoil (oinochoe) mouth. Intact. Body is squared off with one symbol in relief on each side. Relatively long neck leads to a wide flaring lip with a crude groove around the mouth. Drooping S-shaped handle attached from lip to shoulder. Body is of greenish translucent glass; original color of handle obscured by thick deposit of iridescence. mold-blown with neck drawn up by free blowing. Handle thread added separately. |
| Height | 12.6 cm |
| Width | 5.8 cm |
| Depth | 5.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Miss Lydia T. Morris, 1916 |
| Other Number | GL05 (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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