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Lentoid juglet,
4th–5th century

Roman

Late Antique, 284 - 641 CE

y1946-264

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Title

Lentoid juglet

Dates

4th–5th century

Maker

Roman

Medium

Transparent green glass; few impurities

Dimensions

13.5 x 9.5 cm, diam. rim 4.4 cm (5 5/16 x 3 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Platt from the bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895

Object Number

y1946-264

Place Made

Levant

Description

In-folded, tubular rim; funnel mouth; cylindrical neck; flattened, lentoid body with convex bottom. Thick coil handle from shoulder to rim. Body covered with mold-blown oblique ribs. Possible faint pontil scar at the bottom.

Culture

Roman (style or period)

Period

Late Antique

Type

glass, flasks (bottles)

Materials

mold-blown glass

Subject

reeding

Given to the Museum by Mrs. Platt from bequest of Dan Fellows Platt

Anastassios Antonaras,<em> Fire and Sand: Ancient Glass in the Princeton University Art Museum </em>(Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2012), cat. no. 239 (illus.)

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Roman, Late Antique (284 - 641 CE), Levant, 4th–5th century, Lentoid juglet. Transparent green glass; few impurities; 13.5 x 9.5 x 4.4 cm. Gift of Mrs. Platt from the bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895 (y1946-264) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/42392

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