Glass jar

Islamic

Not on view

Uncertain color.

Slanting rim, with flat upper lip and rounded outer edge; cylindrical neck, tapering downward; almost horizontal shoulder; short, cylindrical body, curing in at base to uneven, rounded bottom, with central pontil scar. Stands aslant on thick, heavy bottom.

On body, numerous ribs with rounded tops, irregularly spaced and shaped, and one large, diagonal tooling indent.

One large weathered chip in rim; deep pitting and brilliant iridescent weathering on exterior, some weathering and soil encrustation on interior.

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