KM148 (Middle-Late Roman Eastern Glass Small Flask or Jug) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Semitransparent, light green (PMS 345). Sparse small, spherical bubbles.
Technique
Free-blown. Blowing spirals.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Glass Free-Blown Flask or Jug
Description
Small flask or jug. Short funnel mouth with flaring, outward-curving rim folded up to create vertical, sharp lip. Conical neck. Asymmetrical. Probably had a piriform or globular body. Pattern of fracturing around rim might point to detachment of handle after deposition.
Preservation description
One large fragment preserves >50% of rim, most of neck, and small part of upper body. Dense longitudinal fracturing; extensive dulling and slight milky to silver iridescence.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 908, 923, 961, 964, 1028, no. 640, fig. 20.24
Neck diameter
0.016
Neck diameter
0.025
Preserved height
0.06
Rim diameter
0.043
Chronology comment
3rd-5th century or later
Has geographic origin
Eastern Mediterranean
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Glass (Material)
Drawing
Photograph