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Image Not Available for Miniature two-handled jar (amphoriskos)
Miniature two-handled jar (amphoriskos)
Image Not Available for Miniature two-handled jar (amphoriskos)

Miniature two-handled jar (amphoriskos)

2nd–1st century B.C.
Place of ManufactureSyro-Palestine
Medium/TechniqueGlass, core-formed with attached handles
Dimensions14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.)
Credit LineM. Elizabeth Carter Collection—Gift of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession number30.396
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsVessels
Provenance1930, gift of Nellie Parney Carter (b. 1857 - d. 1933), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 17, 1930)
Oil flask (aryballos)
1st–2nd century A.D. or later
Amphora
1st–2nd century A.D.
Group shot: 93.19-21, 08.188, 08.197, 08.194
4th–5th century A.D.
Bottle with Two Handles
3rd century A.D.
Group shot:  72.421, 01.7446
4th–5th century A.D.
Cosmetic tube
6th century AD
Bottle with two handles
1st century A.D.
Costmetic flask
about 4th century A.D.
Group shot:  93.17, 93.27, 30.403
4th or mid 4th–early 5th century A.D.
Group shot: 93.19-21, 08.188, 08.197, 08.194
4th–5th century A.D.