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jar

Object NameSmall Jar

Made FromGlass

Date800-999

Techniqueblown, linear-cut

SizeOverall H: 2.4 cm, Diam: 2.4 cm

Accession Number56.1.119

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Persia

Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless, with green tinge. Blown; linear-cut. Jar with body shaped like lower part of pear. Rim plain (but see below); wall straight, expanding as it descends, but curving down and in at bottom; underside of base flat. Linear-cut decoration on wall: three equidistant and very similar raised tear-shaped motifs extending from rim to bottom of wall, each containing two horizontal cuts at midpoint and three vertical cuts beneath them; between each pair of tear-shaped motifs, single element consisting of vertical cut with, at top, two pairs of slanting cuts that rise as they proceed outward, and below bottom, two short horizontal cuts.
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