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Object NameBottle with Five Disks

Made FromGlass

Date800-999

TechniqueBlown, relief-cut, ground, polished

SizeOverall H: 10.3 cm; Body (including disks) W: 10.2 cm; Foot D: 4.3 cm

Accession Number59.1.433

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Near East; probably Persia; possibly Iraq

Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless, but with yellowish green tint; few bubbles, mostly very small. Blown; relief-cut, ground, and polished. Bottle with polyhedral body. Lower neck cylindrical, splaying at bottom and merging with broad, sloping shoulder; wall consists of five rectangular panels, which meet with internal angles of about 108°; beneath panels, wall tapers sharply; junctions of shoulder and each pair of panels are chamfered to create triangular plane surface; junctions of panels and lower wall are chamfered to create similar triangular surfaces; base is hollow, with splayed foot ring, which has narrow flange immediately above rim and stepped profile at junction with underside; at center of base, low, circular boss. Principal decoration cut in relief: on lower neck, continuous horizontal rib; at mid-point of shoulder, continuous horizontal flange; on each panel, raised circular rib near edge and raised hollow disk at center; on lower wall, continuous horizontal rib. Base and relief-cut ornament are carefully finished, and edges of disks are undercut. Additionally, each triangular surface at junctions of shoulder and panels has one hollow oval facet.
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