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Molar Flask

Object NameSmall Bottle

Made FromGlass

Date800-999

Techniqueblown (body blown in dip mold), linear-cut

SizeOverall H: 8.8 cm; Shoulder W: 2.3 cm; Rim Diam: 1.7 cm

Accession Number53.1.61

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Ancient

Place Made

possibly Egypt; possibly Iran

Physical DescriptionTransparent very pale green; small bubbles. Blown (body blown in dip mold); linear-cut. Bottle. Rim plain, with top ground flat; neck tapers; shoulder slopes and has rounded edge; wall straight and tapering very slightly, with square cross section; at bottom of wall, four feet, one at each corner. Decorated on neck and wall. On neck: four shallow facets (H. 1.5 cm, W. about 0.4 cm). On wall: upper and lower registers, separated by two continuous horizontal lines. Upper register is relatively narrow, with two cuts making V-shaped motif on each side and triangular cut at each angle. Lower register has one narrow cut shaped like inverted V on each side and one cut shaped like inverted isosceles triangle with rounded baseline at each angle; legs are defined by inverted Vs, which continue downward and merge at bottom of wall.
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