KM268 (Middle-Late Roman Imported glass jug) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Semitranslucent, dark to medium yellowish green (PMS 7741). Sparse pinprick bubbles and sparse small to medium, spherical to elongated 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
Comparanda
cf. AgoraXXXIV, pp. 138–139, 144, no. 314, fig. 19, pl. 27 (M. Stern; 4th–early 5th century)
Comparanda
cf. Antonaras2009, pp. 238, 515–516, 550, nos. 405, 407, 408, pls. 25, 26, XIV (types 80–82; Thessaloniki, end 3rd–end 4th century)
Comparanda
cf. IsthmiaV, p. 78, n. 46, pl. 20:c=IsthmiaIX, pp. 31–32, 105, figs. 2.7, 2.90 (grave NEG 69-4, Fortress, dated end 4th–early 5th century)
Description
Funnel mouth. Flaring, straight rim folded in to create small, tubular lip. Cylindrical neck widens slightly toward shoulder. Widely flaring upper body: spherical, ovoid, or piriform. Irregular strap handle attaches thickly at shoulder, arcs up in narrow loop, and is folded down, in, and up against flaring mouth and then over rim.
Description
Funnel mouth. Flaring, straight rim folded in to create small, tubular lip. Cylindrical neck widens slightly toward shoulder. Widely flaring upper body: spherical, ovoid, or piriform. Irregular strap handle attaches thickly at shoulder, arcs up in narrow loop, and is folded down, in, and up against flaring mouth and then up over rim.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves small parts of rim and shoulder and entire handle. Very slight pitting and slight gouging.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 908, 909, 934, 965-966, 1029, no. 642, fig. 20.25
Handle total height
0.072
Handle width
0.052
Maximum preserved dimension
0.09
Preserved height
0.076
Estimated rim diameter
0.053
Chronology comment
Date by type: late 3rd-early 5th century or later. Date by context: fourth quarter 5th-early 6th century.
Material
Glass (Material)
Drawing
Photograph