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Object NameSmall Bottle

Made FromGlass

Date800-999

Techniquemold-blown, facet-cut, linear-cut, slant-cut

SizeOverall H: 7.4 cm, W: 3.7 cm

Accession Number81.1.24

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Ray Winfield Smith

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Near East; possibly Egypt

Physical DescriptionTranslucent deep blue with greenish tint; many small bubbles. Mold-blown; facet-, linear-, and slant-cut. Bottle with square body. Rim plain, with rounded top, neck cylindrical and narrower at bottom than at top; shoulder slopes and has rounded edge; wall vertical; base plain; circular pontil mark (D. about 1.1 cm). Decorated on neck, shoulder and wall. On neck: five vertical rectangular facets (H. 1.7 cm, W. 0.5 cm), separated by narrower strips, of which four are plain and one has two short horizontal cuts; below facets, one continuous horizontal groove. On shoulder: four short diagonal cuts, one above each angle of wall. On each side of wall: schematic slant-cut half-palmettes in upper corners and schematic centrally placed palmette in lower part.
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