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Pale Green Amphora

4th - 5th century AD

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Fire-rounded rim; short flaring funnel mouth; cylindrical neck without constriction between neck and body. Long elongated body, tapering in from shoulder to bottom, which ends in a blunt point; rounded base with pontil mark. Two coil handles applied to shoulder and attached just above a coil decoration circling around the neck twice; the body is decorated with vertical ribbing, starting at shoulder and ending just above bottom; one more spiral thread just below. Small amount of residue on inside neck; very well-preserved vessel.

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  • Title: Pale Green Amphora
  • Date Created: 4th - 5th century AD
  • Physical Dimensions: Height: 18.2 cm., Diameter (rim): 3.6 cm., Diameter (base): 1.6 cm., Thickness (rim): 0.1 cm.
  • Type: Utilitarian
  • Medium: Glass
  • Registration Number: 1907.25.2
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East

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