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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