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Object NameEwer

Maker Ennion

Made FromGlass

Date30-70

TechniqueBlown in four-part mold, applied

SizeOverall H: 23.8 cm, Diam (max): 10.8 cm

Accession Number59.1.76

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

An Exhibition of Augustan Art

Glass of the Caesars

Glass from the Ancient World

Ennion and His Legacy: Mold-Blown Glass From Ancient Rome

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

Ennion’s name is in the panel beneath the handle.

Place Made

Eastern Mediterranean; possibly Lebanon, Sidon

Physical DescriptionEwer. Transparent amber glass with impurities and small bubbles; body and neck blown in four-part mold, handle applied. Jug with cylindrical neck, ovoid body and pedestal base (missing). Rim outsplayed, folded upward and inward; wide cylindrical neck; trace of pedestal base; handle with two ribs, which rises above and overhangs mouth, attached to shoulder and rim. Mold-blown decoration in four registers on neck and body: (a) on neck, vertical flutes with rounded ends, with four cordons beneath; (b) on shoulder, continuous spray of alternate upright and inverted palmettes, attached to lowest cordon beneath (a); (c) beneath three cordons, band of honeycomb pattern of many lozenges, with tabula ansata containing inscription "ENNI?N/ E?OIEI" ('Ennion makes [it]') in Greek; (d) with two cordons above and below, vertical flutes rounded at top.
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