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Object NameBottle with Inscription

Made FromGlass

Date800-999

Techniqueblown, relief-cut

SizeOverall H: 9.7 cm, Diam (max): 6.2 cm

Accession Number55.1.119

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith

Glass from the Ancient World

Place Made

Near East; possibly Egypt

Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless, but with green tint; few small bubbles. Blown; relief-cut. Bottle: cylindrical. Rim with flat top and small external bevel; neck has cylindrical, slightly tapering upper part, below which it expands and is roughly hemispherical; shoulder slopes and has rounded edge; wall descends vertically before curving in at bottom; base plain; no pontil mark. Decorated on neck, shoulder, wall, and base. On neck: upper part is cut in seven flat vertical facets; lower part has seven contiguous hollow oval facets above continuous horizontal groove. On shoulder: shallow "step" at mid-point and continuous narrow band of finely incised cross hatching at edge. On wall: in large letters, pseudo-Kufic inscription, above continuous horizontal rib; below inscription, near bottom of wall, band of nine contiguous hollow oval facets. On base: shallow disk.
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