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Object NameCinerary Urn with Lid

Made FromGlass

Date100-199

TechniqueBlown, applied

Size(a) H: 31.6 cm, Diam (max): 19 cm; (b) H: 5.8 cm Diam: 13.4 cm

Accession Number66.1.242

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Past | Present: Expanding the Stories of Glass

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.

Place Made

probably Germany

Physical DescriptionCinerary Urn with Lid. (a) Transparent bluish green, black; handles have few black inclusions. (b) Transparent bluish green, with some black inclusions and rare reddish brown inclusions; (a) handles applied; (b) blown. (a) Jar: tall, cylindrical. Rim slightly outsplayed, folded out and down to form tubular collar, with broad, rounded lip; shoulder slopes, with rounded overhanging edge; wall tapers slightly, then curves in at bottom; base plain, slightly concave; no pontil mark. Two opposed strap handles, each with two ribs, dropped onto edge of shoulder, drawn up, in, and down, and attached to bottom of neck, after which residual glass was folded over and up. Glass is bubbly. (b) Lid: shaped like cymbal, with knop. Knop spheroid, flattened on top; side curves out and down, then flattens into broad horizontal flange, with tubular edge made by folding down, out, up, and in; pontil mark on top of knop. Glass is very bubbly.
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