Pendant

MS5179D

From: Syro-Palestine

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5179D
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Syro-Palestine
Date Made 200-299 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Iconography Vase
Description

One of two similar pendants. Black glass with some encrustation. Both are footed pitchers with flat disk feet. Bodies flare from base to shoulders and are decorated with a zigzag of red glass thread, mostly on shoulders. Necks set in from shoulders almost 90 degrees and are cylindrical. Rims flare from necks and have red thread around each's edge. Ribbon handles attach rims to shoulders.

Height 2.1 cm
Outside Diameter 1.1 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913
Other Number GL01a (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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