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Object Number:MS5553A
Current Location: Rome Gallery
Currently On Display
Culture:Roman
Provenience: Mediterranean
Date Made: Late 1st c. CE
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Glass
Height: 21.4 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Miss Lydia T. Morris, 1916
Other Number:GL? (ancient glass project) - Other Number

Description

Green glass jar with flat turned-under rim. Rounded body, depressed base. Brown decomposition and silver iridescence.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

The Classical World: Rome ( Apr 1958 - 1975) View Objects in Exhibition
Classical World - Roman World (15 Mar 2003) View Objects in Exhibition
Roman Glass: Reflections on Cultural Change (27 Sep 1997 - 18 Jun 1998) View Objects in Exhibition
Roman Sculpture Gallery (1975 - 2000) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M., and Romano, Irene B., and Brownlee, Ann B., and White, Donald J. 2002. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 87, no. 128View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Fleming, Stuart J. 1997. Roman Glass: Reflections of Everyday Life (I).. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 52, pl. 74View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Rambo, Eleanor F. 1919. "The John Thompson Morris Collection of Ancient Glass". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 10. no. 3. pg. 156 - 165 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 159, fig. 64View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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