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Object NameFragment of Jar or Bottle
Made FromGlass
Date1400-1360 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
Techniquecore-formed, trail-decorated, tooled, marvered
SizeOverall L: 2.2 cm, W: 2.1 cm
Accession Number59.1.14
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTranslucent deep blue glass, bubbly, dull surface, trails of opaque white, opaque yellow and turquoise; core-formed, trail-decorated and tooled. Fragment preserves small portion of neck, slightly rounded shoulder with upper sections of festoon decoration as well as evidence of trail decoration on neck, end of festoon is depressed where the point of the tool has been pulled out from vessel body after dragging the trails up to the shoulder, trails appear to have been marvered.
Provenance
Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1959-07-27