amphoriskos (?); flask (?)

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amphoriskos(?); flask(?)

Object Type: amphoriskos (?); flask (?)
Museum number: 1894,1101.21
Description: Neck and mouth of a Mediterranean Group 3 glass amphoriskos or flask; core-formed and trailed; narrow neck and untypically narrow disc mouth, with construction below; made from translucent dull green glass, decorated with clear greenish-yellow horizontal trails; surface pitted, with much iridescence.
Cultures/periods: Hellenistic
Production date: 300BC-1BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus (?); Made in: Levant (?); Made in: Egypt (?)
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: Turner Bequest Excavations, Amathus
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Amathus (historic), Site B, tomb 17
Materials: glass
Type series: Mediterranean Group 3
Technique: core-formed; trailed; tooled; combed; marvered
Dimensions: Height: 4.90 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Glass / Catalogue of Greek and Roman Glass in the British Museum (356.a); Murray, Smith and Walters 1900 / Excavations in Cyprus (p. 116, Tomb 17)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: From: Turner Bequest Excavations, Amathus
Funder name: Funded by: Emma Tourner Turner (bequest)
Acquisition date: 1894
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1894,1101.21