Saddleflask
MS5105A
From: Syro-Palestine
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS5105A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Syro-Palestine |
| Manufacture Location | Syro-Palestine |
| Period | Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass |
| Technique | Blown |
| Description | Pale blue glass, heavy iridescence and encrustation. Saddle flask with flat bottom and tapering tubes. Glass thread wrapped horizontally around body to neck. Rim flares from neck and the 2 are connected by a thick glass thread zigzag over which some of the horizontal threads from body lie. Rim is folded inward to round edge. |
| Height | 11.7 cm |
| Width | 5.3 cm |
| Depth | 3.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913 |
| Other Number | GL14 (Ancient Glass Project) - Other Number | 1370 - Other Number |
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