KM381 (Middle-Late Roman Glass Jug) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Semitransparent, yellowish green with a tinge of orange (close to PMS 7744). Sparse small, spherical and elongated bubbles.
Technique
Free-blown. Fire-polished lip.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Glass Free-Blown Flask or Jug
Comparanda
cf. AgoraXXXIV, pp. 138-139, 144, no. 316, fig. 19, pl. 27 (E. M. Stern; second half 4th-early 5th century)
Description
Jug. Flaring, straight rim with rounded lip. Irregular strap handle folded down, in, and up against flaring mouth and then up over rim.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves small part of rim, neck, and upper handle. Slight pitting; slight milky iridescence.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 966, 1029-1030, no. 643, fig. 20.25
Maximum preserved dimension
0.035
Preserved height
0.025
Estimated rim diameter
0.075
Chronology comment
Late 3rd-early 5th century or later
Material
Glass (Material)
Drawing
Photograph