Amphora

MS5101

From: Syria | Aleppo

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5101
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

Core form amphora with applied clear glass handles. Intact. Terminal knob, ovoid body, handles attahced at shoulders and upper neck, everted rim. Threaded light green handles, light green terminal knob. Black matrix. White combed and marvered decoration. Glass: sand core process.

Height 14.1 cm
Width 7.1 cm
Outside Diameter 5.4 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913
Other Number GL03 (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 2556 - Other Number

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