Glass amphoriskos with band of scrolls 1st century Roman, Syro-Palestinian Translucent pale purple, with handle in translucent pale yellow tubular rim, folded out, over, and in; neck flaring downward; ovoid body; cylindrical base, with flat but uneven bottom; small rod handle attached in a pad to shoulder, drawn up, round, and in, and folded onto lower part of neck. One continuous mold seam around body and across bottom, but edges of molds not carefully body, frieze of indistinct downturned raised tongues on upper body and twenty-five upturned raised tongues on low
Glass amphoriskos with band of scrolls 1st century Roman, Syro-Palestinian Translucent pale purple, with handle in translucent pale yellow tubular rim, folded out, over, and in; neck flaring downward; ovoid body; cylindrical base, with flat but uneven bottom; small rod handle attached in a pad to shoulder, drawn up, round, and in, and folded onto lower part of neck. One continuous mold seam around body and across bottom, but edges of molds not carefully body, frieze of indistinct downturned raised tongues on upper body and twenty-five upturned raised tongues on lower body, joined by a central band of tendril scrolls bordered above and below by two horizontal raised handle missing and hole in shoulder where it was once attached; few bubbles; faint iridescence on exterior, soil encrustation, whitish weathering, and brilliant iridescence on Glass amphoriskos with band of scrolls 245372
Size: 2970px × 4000px
Photo credit: © MET/BOT / Alamy / Afripics
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