KTH0153 (Early Byzantine Glass Flask) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]

Type

Inventoried Object

Logical part of

Threpsiades Inventoried Objects

Typological identification comment

Cf. Antonaras 2012, pp. 162, 163, nos. 230, 231 (Thessalonica, 6th-7th centuries).

Description

Thin-walled flask. Flaring, convex upper neck; rim folded inward sharply and rounded. Thin coil applied from external lip in spiral down neck.

Fabric, firing, and surface description

Light blue (PMS 2717C), semitranslucent. Uncommon pinprick to small, spherical bubbles.

Label or tag text

Τομέας Δ | Στρώμα 2. Δωμάτιο 3 (εσ.) | κομμάτια γυαλίου

Other number or identifier

253

Preservation comment

Two joining fragments preserve ca. 15% of rim and upper neck. Slight, extensive iridescence and milky flaking.

Preserved height

0.016

Estimated rim diameter

0.05

Material

Glass (Material)

Drawing

Photograph