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MS4937

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Syria | Aleppo

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4937
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Syria | Aleppo
Date Made ca. 100 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Blown | Threading
Description

Amber with white threads. Rim broken and repaired. Amber blown glass, narrow neck, flared rim. Single and very long white thread trailed in circles from base and over body to base of neck. Flat base. Patches of white decomposition and purple iridescence.

Height 9.6 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913
Other Number GL03 (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 1846 - Other Number

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