KM257 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Glass Jug) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Material description

Translucent, light yellow with a tinge of green (close to PMS 395). Sparse small, spherical bubbles.

Technique

Free-blown. Abraded grooving.

Logical part of

Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila

Typological identification

Glass Free-Blown Flask or Jug

Typological identification comment

Oinochoe?

Comparanda

sim. Antonaras2012, pp. 179-180, 332, nos. 257-259 (trefoil oenochoai; Princeton; Syro-Palestinian/eastern Mediterranean, dated 4th century)

Description

Jug. Flat strap handle with two exterior grooves forming round loop.

Preservation description

One fragment preserves roughly three-quarters of handle. Moderate to ex tensive pitting and slight chipping; very slight silver i.ridescence

Published as

Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 966-967, 1030-1031, no. 648, fig. 20.26

Preserved height

0.045

Preserved width

0.014

Chronology comment

5th-7th century

Material

Glass (Material)

Drawing

Photograph