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bottle

Object NameBottle Shaped Like Barrel

Made FromGlass

Date1-99

TechniqueMold-blown, applied

SizeOverall H: 8.4 cm; Rim Diam: 2.3 cm; Body L: 5.9 cm

Accession Number74.1.21

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Ennion and His Legacy: Mold-Blown Glass From Ancient Rome

Glass from the Ancient World

Place Made

Roman Empire; probably Syro-Palestine

Physical DescriptionLight blue opaque; mold-blown (lower neck and body blown in mold with two vertical parts; applied (handles). Bottle shaped like barrel, with two handles. Rim folded out, up, and in; neck cylindrical; body egg-shaped, with greatest diameter immediately below neck; each side has low circular boss or indistinct rosette at extremity, and nine concentric circular ribs, which are faint near extremity and more prominent toward center. Continuous vertical mold seam in form of additional rib, extends from lower neck round body and back to lower neck. Two opposed handles, each with two ribs, dropped onto upper body, drawn up, out, and in, and attached to neck just below mid-point.
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