Condition
Intact; the entire vessel is covered with iridescent weathering and incrustation over parts of the body.
Description
Flaring rim, partly in-folded tubular and left partly fire-polished; conical mouth; short, cylindrical neck, widening toward the body; cylindrical body with mildly overhanging shoulder; flat bottom, slightly indented at center. Body covered with 35 mold-blown vertical ribs. Irregular remains of a pontil mark (W. approx. 2.8 cm) are visible on the bottom. Smooth, vertical, angular strap handle from shoulder to rim.
Comments and Comparanda
Mold-blown cylindrical jugs with vertical ribs are known from Syro-Palestinian sites dated in the fourth century, and this fashion continues into the sixth century CE (Stern, Eva Marianne. 2001. Roman, Byzantine, and Early Medieval Glass, 10 BCE–700 CE: Ernesto Wolf Collection. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz., pp. 265–266; Israeli, Yael. 2003. Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum: The Eliahu Dobkin Collection and Other Gifts. Jerusalem: Israel Museum., p. 184). The closest parallels are in the Princeton University Art Museum (Antonaras, Anastassios. 2012. Fire and Sand: Ancient Glass in the Princeton University Art Museum. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press., pp. 96–97, no. 117); Newark Museum (Auth, Susan Handler. 1976. Ancient Glass at the Newark Museum from the Eugene Schaefer Collection of Antiquities. Newark, NJ: Newark Museum., p. 209, no. 391); Royal Ontario Museum (Hayes, John W. 1975. Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum., p. 113, nos. 428–31, plate 27); Israel Museum (Israeli, Yael. 2003. Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum: The Eliahu Dobkin Collection and Other Gifts. Jerusalem: Israel Museum., p. 184, no. 218); and Württemberg State Museum (Stern, Eva Marianne. 2001. Roman, Byzantine, and Early Medieval Glass, 10 BCE–700 CE: Ernesto Wolf Collection. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz., p. 281, no. 146). Quite close but slightly different jugs are the following: Antonaras, Anastassios. 2012. Fire and Sand: Ancient Glass in the Princeton University Art Museum. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press., pp. 96–97, no, 118; von Saldern, Axel. 1980. Glas von der Antike bis zum Jugendstil: Sammlung Hans Cohn, Los Angeles/Cal. = Glass 500 B.C. to A.D. 1900: The Hans Cohn Collection, Los Angeles/Cal. Mainz: von Zabern., p. 68, no. 60; Arveiller-Dulong, Véronique, and Marie-Dominique Nenna. 2005. Les verres antiques du Musée du Louvre 2: Vaisselle et contenants du Ier siècle au début du VIIe siècle après J.-C. Paris: Somogy., p. 380, no. 1012; Hizmi, Hananya. 1997. “Two Burial Caves in Rafidiya (Schechem).” ‘Atiqot 32: 45* [English summary], 125–130 [Hebrew]., pp. 128, 45*, fig. 6:18; Whitehouse, David B. 2001. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol. 2. Corning, NY: Corning Museum of Glass., p. 181, no. 722.
Provenance
1971, Royal Athena Galleries (New York, New York), sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1971
Bibliography
Unpublished
Exhibitions
None