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Pale Green Balsamarium

7th - 8th century AD

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East

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

Rim is sheared off and rounded; neck is very short, very narrow and cylindrical; hollow projecting roll at beginning lower part of the neck; cylindrical ovoid body; concave base with pontil mark and presumably four legs (only one remains) that have been pinched out off the base. The first thick pale green thread is arranged in zigzag pattern and attached to the roll or shoulder of the vessel at the top. At the end this thread is attached to the beginnings of another dark brown thread in zigzag pattern. The ends of the brown threads are attached to a third pale green thread in zigzag pattern. The third zigzag ends at the lower part of the body and is attached there to another decoration. This decoration exists of a pale green thick thread that runs once around the body. That decoration runs out in neck and head of an animal. On top of the head are ears/horns/antville in dark brown glass attached. On the other side is the tail attached in dark brown glass. The feet of the vessel form the legs of the animal. No residue, well preserved though three legs and part of the decoration are missing.

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  • Title: Pale Green Balsamarium
  • Date Created: 7th - 8th century AD
  • Physical Dimensions: Height 12.4 cm., Diameter (rim): 2 cm., Diameter (base/legs): 6.4 cm., Thickness (rim): 0.3 cm.
  • Type: Unknown
  • Medium: Glass
  • Registration Number: 1881.28.17
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East

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