Glass amphoriskos with horizontal ribs
Translucent streaky purple, with handles in translucent blue mixed with yellowish green.
Rim folded out, over, and in; cylindrical neck; ovoid body, tapering to pointed bottom; two rod handles attached to upper body in pads, drawn up and in, then pressed onto top of neck and underside of rim. One continuous mold seam around body.
Body decorated with twenty-two concentric, horizontal ribs.
Intact; many bubbles, some large; very slight weathering and iridescence.
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These bottles are modeled on the large clay storage jars that were used to transport wine and olive oil. The miniature glass examples have been found in many parts of the Roman Empire, as well as in tombs beyond the eastern frontier in Armenia and Georgia.
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