Saddleflask
MS5223
From: Palestine | Beit Jibrin
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS5223 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Palestine | Beit Jibrin |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass |
| Technique | Blown |
| Description | Dark green translucent glass iridescent and encrusted on inside and on handles. Saddle flask with rounded bottom and a knobbed pontil mark. Tubes taper from base to neck and then flare for rims. Rims rolled inward to round edge. 2 thick ribbon handles of bluish green glass connect rims to bodies. One handle misshapened and covers some of tube's opening. |
| Height | 12.1 cm |
| Width | 7.4 cm |
| Depth | 3.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913 |
| Other Number | GL14 (Ancient Glass Project) - Other Number | 3014 - Other Number |
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