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cremation urn

Object NameCinerary Urn

Made FromGlass

Date75-199

Place Madeprobably Germany

TechniqueBlown, applied

SizeOverall H: 28.5 cm, Diam: 28.7 cm

Accession Number66.1.241

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Past | Present: Expanding the Stories of Glass

Glass of the Caesars

On ViewAncient Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

This object was found in a Roman-period cemetery in western Germany in 1862. Glass vessels held cremated remains, gold jewelry, and coins, and were placed inside stone cylinders. Metal and ceramic juglets with intentionally broken necks would have held wine or oil. The current location of the cremated remains, as well as the jewelry and other finds, is unknown.

Physical DescriptionTransparent bluish green glass, bubbly; blown. Cinerary urn with cylindrical body and reeded handle; rim folded out, up and in to form thick flange which slopes downward to lip; cylindrical neck with slight bulge, expanding toward bottom; sloping, rounded shoulder; wide cylindrical body, tapering slightly toward bottom, then curving in to flat base; no pontil mark. Broad strap attached to shoulder, drawn up, bent sharply in and attached to upper part of neck, after which residue of glass is folded over and up; lower part of handle has nineteen ribs.
Provenance

Source Jurgen von Bemberg (German, 1909-2007) - 1966