KTH0321a+b/c/d (Late Antique Glass Flask) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]

Type

Inventoried Object

Logical part of

Threpsiades Inventoried Objects

Description

Thin-walled, conical neck with rounded lip (fire-polished) thickened inward. Prominent blowing spirals.

Fabric, firing, and surface description

Greenish yellow (PMS 616C/617C), transparent. Frequent pinprick bubbles and uncommon small, spherical and elongated bubbles.

Label or tag text

Τομέας Α | Στρώμα 2 (3. προέκ. Ν. τοίχος) | 5 κομμάτια γυαλίου

Other number or identifier

42

Preservation comment

Two joining (a+b) and two nonjoining fragments (c/d) preserve ca. 30% of rim and small part of upper neck. Moderate, extensive iridescence, crizzling, and milky and black enamel flaking; slight, extensive pitting; scattered feather cracking.

Preserved height

0.036

Estimated rim diameter

0.045

Material

Glass (Material)

Drawing

Photograph