Jar
Jar

Currently not on view

Jar,

4th–5th century

Late Antiquity, ca. 476–700 CE
y1964-173

Information

Title
Jar
Dates

4th–5th century

Medium
Transparent light yellow-green glass
Dimensions
h. 8.5 cm, diam. rim 6.5 cm, diam. base 5.5 cm, max. diam. 7.5 cm (3 3/8 x 2 9/16 x 2 3/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Sampson, Class of 1914, for the Alden Sampson Collection
Object Number
y1964-173
Place Made

Levant

Description
Fire-polished, flaring rim with a cutout creating a flange; short cylindrical neck; globular body; concave bottom. Six faint, vertical, oval indentations around body. Around the vessel a thick, zigzagging thread runs from shoulder to rim. At the center of the bottom is a solid pontil mark, 1.7 x 1.2 cm.
Period
Roman (style or period), Late Antique
Type
jars, glass
Materials
free-blown glass
Subject
zigzags

Given to the Museum by Edward Sampson as part of the Alden Sampson Collection

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