Janus Flask
Oinochoe
MS4992
From: Syria (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4992 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Syria (uncertain) |
| Period | Roman Period |
| Date Made | 100-399 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass |
| Technique | Mould-Blown | Threading |
| Iconography | Janus | Female Head |
| Description | Intact but for small section of lip. Body in shape of two full-face female heads. Long neck leads up to trefoil lip. Single thread added as decoration along lip. Thread of glass used as handle from body to lip. Entirely of translucent turquoise glass. Mold blown body with neck free blown and threads added later. Base rounded and vessel cannot stand alone. |
| Height | 13 cm |
| Depth | 6.4 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 6.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913 |
| Other Number | GL05 (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 2933 - Other Number |
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