Saddleflask
MS5102
From: Israel | Nazareth (Israel)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS5102 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Israel | Nazareth (Israel) |
Period | Roman Period |
Date Made | 200-400 CE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Glass |
Technique | Blown |
Description | Glass dark amber. Rim folded inward and down. Tubular body pinched down the center, creating two chambers. Flattened base with pontil mark. 6-8 thin trails laid around body at mid-point. From lip to mid-point, 2 angular handles, splayed at base, with nicks adjoining the trails. One high angular "basket" handle, with single reed, springing from extremes of the two smaller handles at rim level. Blown, with tooled additions. Neck missing section of rim, otherwise intact. Dulled inside, somewhat outside. Incipient iridescence outside. |
Outside Diameter | 4 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913 |
Other Number | GL14 (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 5102 - Other Number |
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