Saddleflask
Balsamarium
MS5107
Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery
From: Israel | Palestine | Nazareth (Israel)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS5107 |
| Current Location | Rome Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Israel | Palestine | Nazareth (Israel) |
| Period | Roman Period |
| Date Made | 5th century |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass |
| Technique | Blown |
| Description | Double Balsamarium with elaborate double-tiered basket handles. Slight iridescence. Bright blue greenish glass vials. Curled rim, complex towering handles elaborate applications on four sides. Thread decorations around body. Mold blown. |
| Height | 22.4 cm |
| Width | 6.7 cm |
| Depth | 4.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913 |
| Other Number | GL14 (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 299 - Other Number |
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