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Sidonian Flask

Juglet

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Object Number:	MS5013
Current Location:	Rome Gallery Currently On Display
Culture:	Roman Palestinian
Provenience:	Syria Aleppo
Manufacture Location:	Sidon
Date Made:	0-199 CE
Early Date:	0
Late Date:	199
Section:	Mediterranean
Materials:	Glass
Technique:	Mould-Blown
Iconography:	Spirals
Height:	8.4 cm
Outside Diameter:	4.8 cm
Credit Line:	Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913
Other Number:	GL05 (ancient glass project) - Other Number 2909 - Other Number

Description

One-handled juglet with spirals and flutes.

Description perfect. Mold blown wine colored glass with nearly opaque light green glass handles, turned in at rim. Fluted body with center panel of spiral decoration.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

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
Special Exhibition: Classical and Oriental (12 Dec 1913 - 01 Nov 1915)	View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Article] Fleming, Stuart J. 1996. "Early Imperial Roman Glass at the University of Pennsylvania Museum". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 38. no. 2. pg. 13-37 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 27, fig. 26A,B	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] McClellan, Murray C. 1985. "To Play Properly with a Glass Ball: An Unusual Object in The University Museum". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 27. no. 2. pg. 41-43 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: fig. 2	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Hall, Edith H. Dec 1913. "The Graeco-Roman Section: A Collection of Antique Glass". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 4. no. 4. pg. 119-141 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 125, fig. 102	View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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