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Object NameJug

Made FromGlass

Date500-699

TechniqueMold-blown, reworked, applied

SizeOverall H: 18.9 cm, W: 9.3 cm; Rim Diam: 6.1 cm

Accession Number58.1.43

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Ennion and His Legacy: Mold-Blown Glass From Ancient Rome

Place Made

Eastern Mediterranean; Syria; Palestine

Physical DescriptionTransparent pale green bubbly glass; mold-blown, rim reworked, handle and thread applied. Tall hexagonal body, with two indentations at top; rim outsplayed, folded upward and inward; neck cylindrical, slightly inclined; shoulder rounded; base kicked, pontil scar; thread wound once around neck; tubular handle attached to shoulder and rim. Mold-blown decoration on body on all six panels, clockwise, from below handle: (1) cross-hatching; (2) two and a half large conjoined lozenges with three half-lozenges on each side, all with central bosses; (3) human face with herringbone pattern above; (4) as (1); (5) as (2); (6) as (3); under base, short radial grooves.
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