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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