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Kohl tube,

4th–5th century CE

Late Antique, 284 - 641 CE
1995-194

Information

Title
Kohl tube
Dates

4th–5th century CE

Medium
Transparent dark green glass; many impurities
Dimensions
h. 13 cm., diam. rim 3.5 cm., diam. base 4.4 cm. (5 1/8 x 1 3/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Elliott M. Sanger and Kenneth E. Sanger in memory of Edward Naumburg Jr., Class of 1924
Object Number
1995-194
Place Made

Levant

Description
In-folded, flaring rim; tall, slender, tear-shaped body; tall conical foot with pushed-in base. Fine thread wound fifteen times around body. Pair of small, angular, coil handles from upper body to rim. At the center of the bottom is a faint, annular pontil mark, 1.5 cm. wide.
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