jar

Object NameJar

Made FromGlass

Date200-399

Techniqueblown, wheel-cut

SizeOverall H: 8.1 cm, Diam (max): 6.3 cm

Accession Number52.1.65

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

The Book and the Spade

Place Made

Roman Empire; Eastern Mediterranean

Physical DescriptionJar. Transparent pale yellowish-green glass; blown; wheel-cut. Rim outsplayed, folded upward and inward; short neck, splayed at bottom; sloping shoulder, somewhat unevenly formed, which merges with globular body; Three bands of wheel-cut decoration on body: (1) two broad grooves shortly below shoulder; (2) broad groove shortly below greatest diameter; (3) narrow groove near bottom; narrow base, with underside slightly concave; no pontil mark.
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