fragment

Object NameFragment of Jar or Amphoriskos

Made FromGlass

Date1400-1300 BCE

Place MadeEgypt

Techniquecore-formed, trail-decorated, tooled

SizeOverall W: 2.6 cm

Accession Number59.1.19

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionTranslucent greenish-blue glass, dull surface, unweathered, trails of opaque white, opaque yellow and turquoise glass; core-formed, trail-decorated and tooled. Fragment preserves portion of neck and rounded shoulder extremely thick in cross section where the wall bends out to form the body; above the neck appears decorated with a series of alternating vertical trails of turquoise, yellow and white in something other than a festoon pattern while the shoulder retains the upper portion of a white and turquoise trail pulled up in the typical festoon decoration, the center of this decoration retains a small dimple where the tool was removed.
Provenance

Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1948-07-1959-07-27
Purchased in Luxor, probably 1948

Former Collection Sayed Molattam - 1948-07
Sold in Luxor, probably 1948