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MS4953

From: Syria | Aleppo

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4953
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Syria | Aleppo
Period Roman Period
Date Made 200-299 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Mould-Blown
Description

Purple glass with some bubbles around rim and iridescence. Mold-blown with flat base and pontil mark. Bulbous body with molded ecortation: three rows of dots around bottom of body, series of interlocking circles with dots at their centers around mid-body, two rows of dots on shoulder. 90 degree profile forms point where base of neck and shoulder meet. Neck narrow cylindrical with wide flaring rim. Rim edge cut flat.

Height 13.7 cm
Outside Diameter 7.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913
Other Number GL05 (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 2578 - Other Number

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