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jar

Object NameSmall Jar

Made FromGlass

Date800-1099

Techniqueblown, relief-cut

SizeOverall H: 1.9 cm, Diam: 2.1 cm

Accession Number76.1.197

Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content

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Ancient

Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless, perhaps with yellowish tinge. Blown; relief-cut. Jar with cylindrical mouth and four-sided wall and base. Rim plain, with top flush with shoulder, which is flat; wall vertical, but curving in at bottom;base flat; no pontil mark. Wall cut to form four adjoining flat tear-shaped facets (H. 1.6 cm, W. 1.2 cm), each containing one small oval boss; on shoulder and upper wall, four hollow facets, one between each pair of flat facets. Underside of base has wheel-cut cruciform motif.
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