alabastron; flask

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Object Type: alabastron; flask
Museum number: 1894,1101.163
Description: Mediterranean Group 3 glass alabastron or flask; core-formed and trailed; elongated body with carinated lower end; narrow neck and an everted disc mouth; opposing lug handles; vessel made from translucent dark blue glass; decorated with opaque yellow and white trails which are feathered vertically above the carination, below which are horizontal parallel bands; part of the lower body is missing, with signs of denting during the manufacturing process; some iridescence but the surface is otherwise well preserved.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 300BC-25BC
Production place: Made in: Egypt (?); Made in: Levant (?); Made in: Cyprus (?)
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Amathus, Site E, tomb 78
Materials
Type series
Technique: core-formed; trailed; marvered; tooled
Dimensions: Diameter: 4 centimetres (body;max); Height: 9.80 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Glass / Catalogue of Greek and Roman Glass in the British Museum (341); Murray, Smith and Walters 1900 / Excavations in Cyprus (p. 119, Tomb 78)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Funder name
Acquisition date: 1894
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1894,1101.163
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: DBH.0119 (Harden number)

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