54. Roman twin handled jar, Eastern Mediterranean, 4th century AD, found at Ashkelon
Glass
Height: 9.6cm
11240 IVP
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Free-blown in clear, bright yellow glass with applied turquoise-blue trailing and handles. The squat body has subtle vertical ribs and two bands of applied trailing, the handles drawn up from...
Free-blown in clear, bright yellow glass with
applied turquoise-blue trailing and handles.
The squat body has subtle vertical ribs and
two bands of applied trailing, the handles
drawn up from the shoulder and folded before
being attached to the rim, the funnel mouth
has an open, projecting roll. Intact.
Provenance
Found near Ashkelon, southern Israel
Archaeological Shop, Tel Aviv Hilton, Israel
Mr Curt and Dr Fleur Strand, New York
City, New York, and Snowmass Village,
Colorado, USA; acquired from the above,
10th January 1968
Literature
For a variant, without the handles, compare Marianne Stern, Roman, Bynzantine and Early Medieval Glass (Ostfildern-Ruit, 2001), pp.230-1, no.117