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Jar with two handles
Jar with two handles

Jar with two handles

4th or mid 4th–early 5th century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueGlass, free-blown with applied handles and decoration
DimensionsHeight: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Everett Fund
Accession number93.27
On View
On view
ClassificationsVessels
ProvenanceAccording to the MFA Register of Glass this is one of 43 pieces from the vicinity of Tyre in Phoenicia, brought to this country by Michel Farah and acquired by the MFA, January 3, 1893, for $ 800.00 (this amount is the total price for MFA 93.10-93.52)
Cosmetic tube
6th century AD
Costmetic flask
about 4th century A.D.
Group shot: 93.19-21, 08.188, 08.197, 08.194
4th–5th century A.D.
Bottle with two handles
1st century A.D.
Oil flask (aryballos)
1st–2nd century A.D. or later
Group shot:  72.421, 01.7446
4th–5th century A.D.
Bottle with basket handle
4th–5th century A.D.
Jug
4th or second half of the 4th century–early 5th century
Group shot:  93.17, 93.27, 30.403
Late 3rd–5th century A.D.
Jug with trefoil mouth
about 4th century A.D.
Group shot:  93.17, 93.27, 30.403
about 4th century A.D.