Glass jar with two handles (amphora) 3rd century Roman Colorless with yellowish tinge; handles and trails in same color .Everted, beveled rim; flaring mouth; broad, cylindrical neck, tapering slightly downwards; sloping shoulder; side tapering downwards; tubular, outsplayed base ring, made by folding; pushed-in bottom; two strap handles applied to top of neck, drawn out and up, then turned sharply downwards vertically, and trailed off on shoulder over trail pattern of pairs of vertical trails, extending from neck to lower body, pinched together at and
Glass jar with two handles (amphora) 3rd century Roman Colorless with yellowish tinge; handles and trails in same color .Everted, beveled rim; flaring mouth; broad, cylindrical neck, tapering slightly downwards; sloping shoulder; side tapering downwards; tubular, outsplayed base ring, made by folding; pushed-in bottom; two strap handles applied to top of neck, drawn out and up, then turned sharply downwards vertically, and trailed off on shoulder over trail pattern of pairs of vertical trails, extending from neck to lower body, pinched together at and repaired, with one chip in rim and two small holes in neck; a few bubbles and glassy inclusions; slight dulling and weathering, and faint iridescence covering most of decoration was applied with molten threads of glass which fused with and were partially absorbed by the body of the Glass jar with two handles (amphora) 245325
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