KM386 (Middle-Late Roman Syro-Palestinian glass jar) [ permalink ] Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Transparent, light indigo blue (PMS 643). Sparse pinprick and small, spherical bubbles
Technique
Free-blown.
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Glass Jar
Comparanda
cf. AbdulHak1965 , pp. 28, 30, figs. 4, 9, 10 (Homs)
Comparanda
cf. AgoraXXXIV , pp. 140, 144, no. 320, fig. 19 (E. M. Stern; 4th-5th century CE?)
Comparanda
cf. AmySeyrig1936 , pp. 256-257, fig. 13 and Michalowski1960 , pp. 199-200, no. 36, fig. 223 (Palmyra)
Comparanda
cf. Antonaras2009 , pp. 265-266, 552, no. 444, pl. XVI (Thessaloniki, 4th century?)
Comparanda
cf. Antonaras2012 , pp. 194, 336, no. 280 (Princeton; Syro-Palestinian product, 3rd century)
Comparanda
cf. AtallahGawlikowska2007 , pp. 195-196, 241, nos. 66–68, pl. 9 (Beiteddine Palace Museum; from southern Lebanon?, 3rd-4th century)
Comparanda
cf. Baur1938 , pp. 534, 536-537, no. 72, fig. 25, pl. CXL:b (Jerash)
Comparanda
cf. Chehab1985 , pp. 228-231, pls. XXXIII, XXXIV:2 (Tyre; 3rd-4th century and later?)
Comparanda
cf. Dussart1998 , pp. 32, 90-92, 257–258, pls. 17:17, 18:10, 64 (Types BVII.2221a, BVII.2422a; Bosra Museum, Late Roman-Early Byzantine, and 3rd–beginning 4th century)
Comparanda
cf. Edgar1905 , p. 28, no. 35525, pl. IV (Cairo Museum; from Hawara)
Comparanda
cf. Harding1950 , p. 91, pl. XXXIX:353 (Jebel Jofeh, Amman)
Comparanda
cf. Hayes1975 , pp. 57, 168, no. 141, fig. 3 (ROM; from Nazareth, “around” 2nd century)
Comparanda
cf. Israeli2008 , pp. 375, 400, no. 63 (Caesarea Maritima)
Comparanda
cf. Israelietal2003 , pp. 204, 235-236, nos. 297, 298 (Israel Museum; Syro-Palestinian product, 3rd century)
Comparanda
cf. NegroPonzi19681969 , pp. 330-332, nos. 19, 20, 23, figs. 153 (Tell Mahuz, northern Mesopotamia, Sassanian)
Comparanda
cf. NegroPonzi1972 , pp. 223-225, nos. 12–19, fig. 20 (Abu Skhair, Iraq)
Comparanda
cf. Papageorgiou2014 , pp. 263, 439, 441-442, no. 121 (Patras, Syro-Palestinian or regional product, 3rd century)
Comparanda
cf. VAML2 , pp. 420, 611, nos. 1164-1166, pl. 104 (Louvre; Syro-Palestinian product, 3rd century)
Description
Jar. Wide, shallow funnel mouth. Flaring to horizontal rim folded in to create tubular lip. Cylindrical, tapering neck. Syrian or western Palestinian product.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves small part of rim and neck. Slight pitting and slight feather cracking; slight to moderate milky iridescence.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022 , pp. 971, 1034-1035, no. 660, fig. 20.28
Maximum preserved dimension
0.03
Preserved height
0.009
Estimated rim diameter
0.062
Chronology comment
3rd-4th century
Has geographic origin
Palestine
Has geographic origin
Syria
Material
Glass (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
