Saddleflask
MS5231
From: Israel | Palestine | Jerusalem
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS5231 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Israel | Palestine | Jerusalem |
| Period | Roman Period |
| Date Made | 100-300 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass |
| Technique | Blown |
| Description | Pale green glass with a few bubbles and encrustation inside, very little iridescence. Saddle flask with knb on bottom and two tapering tubes. Tubes decorated with blue glass threads which zigzag at bottom and one horizontal up to rim. Rim flares out and is rolled inward to round edge. Connecting rim to body are 2 right-angle handles on opposite side sof flask. On top of these rests another handle which arches over the mouths of the tubes. |
| Height | 16.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913 |
| Other Number | GL14 (Ancient Glass Project) - Other Number | 2554 - Other Number |
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