jug with one handle / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1971.01.0127
Object Name: jug with one handle
Lot: Ruthven, Dr. Alexander G.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Glass vessels
Materials: Glass
Length: ;
Width: ;
Height: 12.8;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;62g
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Pitcher. Free blown of transparent light blue-green glass. Cylindrical body with nine vertical; dimples. Cylindrical neck curving smoothly out of shoulder and into funnel mouth. Rim turned out and under, tooled around inner edge. Trailed handles attached at base of neck and folded; back against rim. Thin trail of same colored glass wound five times around; neck under handle. Bottom flat with kick, pontil and reamer marks.; Cf. Hayes #439 for general Syro-Palestinian type.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Date: 4th C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Wondrous Glass: Reflections on the World of Rome; Case 09 - Karanis Glass
Exhibition Curator: Root, Margaret Cool
Exhibition Year: 2009
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1971.01.0127
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1971.01.0127/dscn3342.jpg

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