Janus Flask
Oinochoe
MS4990
From: Syria | Aleppo
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4990 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Syria | Aleppo |
| Period | Roman Period |
| Date Made | early 2nd century CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass |
| Technique | Mould-Blown |
| Iconography | Janus | Female Head |
| Description | Purple glass with some iridescence. Base flat with trace of pontil mark. Body double head of female type. Narrow cylindrical neck with dramatically flaring rim. Rim folded outward to round edge. |
| Height | 11 cm |
| Width | 6.8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 5.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913 |
| Other Number | GL05 (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 3015 - Other Number |
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