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- KM383 (Middle Roman Syro-Palestinian mold-blown glass grape-cluster flask) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Material description
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Translucent, bluish colorless (close to PMS 7457). Numerous pinprick bubbles.
- Technique
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Mold-blown.
- Logical part of
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Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
- Typological identification
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Glass Plastic Vessel
- Comparanda
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See in general MoirinArveiller2010
- Comparanda
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cf. AbdulHakAbdulHak1951, p. 108, no. 10.675, pl. XLI:2b (Damascus Museum; from Khisfine)
- Comparanda
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cf. Antonaras2012, p. 81, no. 87 (Princeton; Syro-Palestinian product, 3rd century)
- Comparanda
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cf. Bagatti1967, pp. 228–229, 235, no. 77, figs. 3, 7 (Museum Franciscanum, Nazareth; from Beth She’an)
- Comparanda
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cf. Dussart1998, pp. 158, 286, pl. 46:22, 23 (Type BX.84; ‘Aïn ez-Zâra, Jordan)
- Comparanda
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cf. Feig1990, pp. 17*, 77, 78, figs. 10:18, 11:4 (Nazareth, 3rd century)
- Comparanda
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cf. Hayes1975, pp. 33, 49, 193, no. 91, pl. 7 (ROM; “probably” 3rd century)
- Comparanda
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cf. Stern1995, pp. 191-195, nos. 120-123, 126-128 (Toledo Museum of Art; “probably Syrian or inland Palestinian, probably third century”)
- Comparanda
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cf. Stern2001, p. 178, no. 72 (Württembergisches Landesmuseum, Stuttgart; eastern Mediterranean, “probably Palestinian, possibly Syrian,” “probably” 3rd century)
- Comparanda
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cf. Zouhdi1964, pp. 49–50, no. 52, fig. 35 (Damascus Museum)
- Description
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Flask or jug in schematic form of grape cluster. Ovoid body. Offset rows of large, hollow, round knobs. Syro-Palestinian product.
- Preservation description
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One fragment preserves small part of body. Slight pitting; slight milky iridescence.
- Published as
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Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 907, 924, 932-933, 995, no. 527, fig. 20.8
- Maximum preserved dimension
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0.019
- Wall thickness
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0.002–0.006
- Chronology comment
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Dated 3rd century
- Has geographic origin
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Palestine
- Has geographic origin
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Syria
- Material
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Glass (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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