KTH0301A (Large Globular Glass Flask) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Light bluish green (PMS 559C), semitransparent. Numerous pinprick and uncommon small, spherical and elongated bubbles, some aligned diagonally.
Technique
Faint blowing spirals.
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Glass Free-Blown Flask or Jug
Comparanda
KTH0138
Description
Plain, rounded resting surface with slightly concave bottom. Globular, slightly oblate body. Truncoconical neck tapering upward; flaring at lower rim.
Label or tag text
Tag mostly illegible: 177 (?)
Preservation description
Four joining fragments preserve over one half of neck from bottom of rim over onto upper shoulder; 78 fragments preserve roughly one quarter of body; 55 fragments preserve roughly one quarter of base. Slight, sparse dulling and very rare iridescence; slight feather cracking and chipping around edges; scattered specks of encrustation. Greenish brown staining from pooling moisture(?) around neck.
Estimated base diameter
0.1
Estimated body diameter
0.16
Estimated height
0.26
Neck diameter
0.034
Neck diameter
0.072
Neck Height
0.094
Material
Glass (Material)
Drawing
Photograph