ROMAN GLASS AUBERGINE JAR

16R AUBERGINE JAR

This globular short-neck jar with a funnel-mouth is a common 4th-5th Century shape. Many of the jars manufactured during this period have a variety of decorations such as pinched ribs, indentations and zig-zag trailing. Those having two or more handles were primarily found in the Eastern Mediterranean area. This jar with pale green handles on an aubergine body is a color combination seen frequently. Jar is intact.

H: 9.5 cm D: 8 cm

4th.-5th Century AD

Barakat #GF 86, p 103

Auth 1976 #469