Saddleflask

MS5232

From: Palestine | Beit Jibrin

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5232
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Palestine | Beit Jibrin
Date Made 200-499 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Blown
Description

Green glass heavily encrusted and iridescent. Saddle flask with flat bottom and 2 cylindrical tubes. Tubes decorated with vertical ridges. Rims folded inward to create rounded edge and slight flare. Two trailing handles connect rims to body.

Height 13.2 cm
Width 6.3 cm
Depth 2.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913
Other Number GL14 (Ancient Glass Project) - Other Number | 3012 - Other Number

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