one-handled jug / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1971.01.0132
Object Name: one-handled jug
Lot: Ruthven, Dr. Alexander G.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Glass vessels
Materials: Glass
Length: 5.9;
Width: 7.2;
Height: 22.0 - 22.7;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;402g
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Rectangular bottle. Mold blown in fairly thick transparent medium green glass. Tall; rectangular sides with cylindrical neck pushed in slightly to top of vessel. Broad rim turned out, then in and flattened. Bottom slightly kicked with a circular indentation. Pontil mark. Broad strap handle with nine ribs attached at top of shoulder and folded against neck under rim.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Date: 1st - 2nd C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Wondrous Glass: Reflections on the World of Rome; Glass Case 2 Flr 1
Exhibition Curator: Root, Margaret Cool
Exhibition Year: 2009
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1971.01.0132
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1971.01.0132/dscn3622.jpg

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Full citation: "one-handled jug; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1971.01.0132/dscn3622.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.