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Object NameFlask
Made FromGlass
Date300-399
TechniqueMold-blown, applied
SizeOverall H: 11.9 cm, Diam (max): 7.9 cm
Accession Number70.1.27
Curatorial Area(s)
Place Made
Roman Empire; possibly Syria; possibly Palestine
Physical DescriptionTransparent pale amber glass with very small bubbles; mold-blown; applied. Squat ovoid shape body; rim outsplayed with lip rounded by folding inward and tooling; cylindrical neck; eleven more or less vertical mold-blown ribs extend from shoulder to bottom of wall; horizontal trail wound one and one-quarter times around neck at mid-point; two handles, each attached to shoulder, drawn upward and bent inward and downward to join neck immediately above trail, then pulled over upper surface almost to attachment at shoulder; very uneven trailed base ring; rounded base; no pontil mark.
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