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Two-handled jar with zig-zag decoration

Made By Syrian
Date300-499 AD
PeriodLate Antiquity
Mediumfree-blown glass
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/16 in. (7.7 cm)
rim: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm)
Classification(s)
  • ANCIENT
Credit LineGift of Drs. Clarke and Bayard Williams, Class of 1922 and 1926, in memory of their father, Dr. William Robert Williams, Class of 1889
Object number51.2
DescriptionNatural, greenish-blue glass. Broad, rounded body with wide shoulder. Short, wide, concave neck folded back on itself to form a hollow flange. Slightly flaring mouth with fire-polished rim. Concave base with pontil-mark. Deeper greenish-blue applied to trailed handles joining rim, neck-fold, and shoulder. Dark greenish-blue decoration on body- a fairly regular zig zag below bellow continues into four thin, drawn threads wound above (below handles). Handles added after decoration. Slightly lopsided. Pitted, weather surface with light iridescent film.
Inscribedlabel on side: 152
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