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MS222

From: Phoenicia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS222
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Phoenicia
Period Roman Period
Date Made 200-399 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Mould-Blown
Description

Light green glass. Flaring rim, cylindrical neck. Ovoid body; fluted with 9 ribs from shoulder to constriction at base. Base rounded, slightly concave, with pontil mark. From lip to shoulder a single angular handle of the same glass, but with a core of turquoise and a thread of red glass on one side of that; handle is folded at lip just above a single trail. Another single trail on neck. Body mold blown. Vertical hole in body the size of one rib. Surface dulled and pitted; incipient iridescence.

Height 13.7 cm
Outside Diameter 6.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of John H. Harrison, 1895
Other Number GL11 (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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