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Object NameRim and Neck of Bottle

Made FromGlass

Date900-1099

TechniqueBlown, facet-cut

SizeOverall H: 13.6 cm; Rim Diam: 2 cm

Accession Number55.1.42

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Persia, Gorgan (collected)

Physical DescriptionColorless or almost colorless. Blown and facet-cut. Neck: narrow, cylindrical, and slightly wider at bottom than at top. Rim plain, with top ground flat; neck descends almost vertically; top of shoulder curves out and down. Neck is divided into four bands by shallow, horizontal grooves, each about 0.25 cm wide, bottoms of which are 0.5 cm, 2.8 cm, 4.7 cm, and 8.9 cm below rim. Bands are treated as follows (from top to bottom): (1) is plain; (2) has five shallow rectangular facets, which are taller than they are wide; (3) has three pairs of shallow rhomboids, which are markedly taller than they are wide; in each pair, outer vertical sides are at higher level than inner vertical sides, creating triangular space between their tops, which is occupied by shallow triangle; similar shallow triangle occupies triangular space between bottoms of each pair of rhomboids; (4) six shallow, which are almost rectangular but splay at top and which are markedly taller than they are wide. Bottom of neck has narrow band of very lightly incised lines.
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