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amphoriskos
Object Type
amphoriskos
Museum number
134329
Description
Glass amphoriskos; translucent dark blue with applied opaque white threads; elongated piriform body with knob-base; white thread wound around the body in spiral fashion; the central section then combed into chevrons; deep fluting in chevron zone; core-formed body; mended; handles and neck restored in coloured wax.
Cultures/periods
Phoenician
Production date
6thC BC-5thC BC
Materials
glass
(translucent dark blue with opaque white threads)
Technique
core-formed
(body)
applied
(threads)
combed
(threads)
Dimensions
Diameter:
4.80 - 5.10 centimetres
(body)
Diameter:
1.50 centimetres
(base)
Height:
9 centimetres
(as restored)
Height:
7.50 centimetres
(body)
Bibliographic references
Barag 1985a / Catalogue of Western Asiatic glass in the British Museum, Volume I
(87; pp. 81-82, pl. 10)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 1982- Easter-, BM, G57/Ancient Syria [Syrian Room] 1958 BM, G58/Nimrud Ivories
Condition
Repaired; handles and neck restored in coloured wax.
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Mrs M E A Wallis
In Memory of:
E H Wallis
Acquisition date
1963
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
134329
Registration number
1963,1216.4