DOI article:
Gawlikowska, Krystyna; Assa'd, Khaled: The collection of glass vessels in the Museum of Palmyra
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26419#0037
Studia Palmyreńskie IX, 1994
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Current in 3rd to mid 4th century.
63. Pl. V 5. Reg. no. 7387/37. Excavations in the Museum garden 1961. H. 15.2 cm, diam. of
body 7 cm, at rim 4.6 cm.
Colour unidentified, brown flaky weathering. Piriform body with funnel neck constricted at junction with
the body. Plain rim, concave base. Ten threads surround the neck about its mid-height, two rows of
pinches, eight in each row on the body.
Cf. Eisen, fig. 259f; Gerasa 61, fig. 31; Matheson 337; similar shape; Hayes 317.
4th century.
64. Pl. V 3. Reg. no. 8421/139. Excavations in the Museum garden 1973. H. 17 cm, diam. of
body 11 cm.
Colourless, matt, pitted and iridescent. Mended from many pieces, part of rim missing. Spherical body
with wide conical neck flaring towards inverted rim. Concave base. Slanting corrugations on
mould-blown body (common decoration from 4th c. on).
Cf. Niessen Collection 184, pl. XLI, 185, pl. XLV; Zahn 277, pl. 14; Gerasa 52, fig. 25; Samaria-SebasU' III, p. 411, fîg. 95.9-10;
Fremersdorf VI, pl. 122; Spartz 147, pl. 35.
4th-5th century.
65. Pl. V 2. Reg. no. 8090/91/10. Excavations in the Museum garden 1967, grave 8. H. 12 cm, diam. of
body 9 cm.
Green, black and brown crust, heavily iridescent. Parts of base and body missing. Rounded body, wide
flaring neck constricted at junction with shoulders, rounded rim, wide concave base.
Cf. Niessen Collection 578, pl. XL (same shape, but smaller); Zahn 331, pl. 17; Samaria-Sebaste III, fig- 95,6.
4th-5th century.
25
Current in 3rd to mid 4th century.
63. Pl. V 5. Reg. no. 7387/37. Excavations in the Museum garden 1961. H. 15.2 cm, diam. of
body 7 cm, at rim 4.6 cm.
Colour unidentified, brown flaky weathering. Piriform body with funnel neck constricted at junction with
the body. Plain rim, concave base. Ten threads surround the neck about its mid-height, two rows of
pinches, eight in each row on the body.
Cf. Eisen, fig. 259f; Gerasa 61, fig. 31; Matheson 337; similar shape; Hayes 317.
4th century.
64. Pl. V 3. Reg. no. 8421/139. Excavations in the Museum garden 1973. H. 17 cm, diam. of
body 11 cm.
Colourless, matt, pitted and iridescent. Mended from many pieces, part of rim missing. Spherical body
with wide conical neck flaring towards inverted rim. Concave base. Slanting corrugations on
mould-blown body (common decoration from 4th c. on).
Cf. Niessen Collection 184, pl. XLI, 185, pl. XLV; Zahn 277, pl. 14; Gerasa 52, fig. 25; Samaria-SebasU' III, p. 411, fîg. 95.9-10;
Fremersdorf VI, pl. 122; Spartz 147, pl. 35.
4th-5th century.
65. Pl. V 2. Reg. no. 8090/91/10. Excavations in the Museum garden 1967, grave 8. H. 12 cm, diam. of
body 9 cm.
Green, black and brown crust, heavily iridescent. Parts of base and body missing. Rounded body, wide
flaring neck constricted at junction with shoulders, rounded rim, wide concave base.
Cf. Niessen Collection 578, pl. XL (same shape, but smaller); Zahn 331, pl. 17; Samaria-Sebaste III, fig- 95,6.
4th-5th century.