Flask
Flask

Currently not on view

Flask,

4th–5th century

Roman
Late Antiquity, ca. 476–700 CE
y1946-266

Information

Title
Flask
Dates

4th–5th century

Medium
Transparent light yellow-green glass
Dimensions
13.5 x 8.8 x 3.6 cm (5 5/16 x 3 7/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Platt from the bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895
Object Number
y1946-266
Place Made

Levant

Description
In-folded, tubular rim, flattened and slightly everted; short cylindrical neck, tapering. toward the body. Oblong, lentoid body; flat, slightly concave bottom. Pair of double loop, coil handles attached to shoulder, lower neck, and rim. Body covered with mold-blown vertical ribs up to the base of the handles. Shoulder plain. Tool-mark depressions on both sides at the upper part of the body. At the center of the bottom is an annular pontil mark, 1.1 cm. wide.
Culture
Roman (style or period)
Period
Late Antique
Type
flasks (bottles), glassware
Materials
mold-blown glass
Subject
reeding

Given to the Museum by Mrs. Platt from bequest of Dan Fellows Platt

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