Amphora
MS4994
From: Israel | Nazareth (Israel)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4994 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Israel | Nazareth (Israel) |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass |
| Technique | Blown |
| Description | Dark blue glass with very little iridescence and a few whitish bubbles in glass. Amphora shaped vessel with small, concave base but no pontil mark remaining. Ovoid body with two ribbon handles attached from top of neck to shoulders. Rime goes out from neck and is folded upward and inward above handles. |
| Height | 9.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 5.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913 |
| Other Number | GL08 (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 4994 - Other Number |
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