Pendant

MS5179C

From: Syro-Palestine

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5179C
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Syro-Palestine
Date Made 200-299 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Iconography Vase
Description

Opaque black glass, a little brown encrustation. Miniature footed pitcher. Flat, disk foot. Ovoid body with white thread decoration of 2 bisecting wavy lines. Another white thread is wrapped around neck. Rim flares from neck and is thick and rounded. Handle attaches rim to widest part of body.

Height 3.4 cm
Outside Diameter 1.3 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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