RG101
Roman bluish-green glass kuttrolf.
3rd ??? 4th century AD.
H. 10.65 cm (4 3/16 in.)
One handle restored, otherwise perfect. Fine silvery patina.
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The kuttrolf (dropper flask) of elongated form with tall cylindrical neck and flaring folded rim. Two handles applied from shoulders to rim, terminating with thumb-rests. The body divided to five tubes: a central one and four in the corners. On a rounded concave base.
Cf. Israeli, Y., Israel Museum, 2003, p. 292, fig. 388.
Auth, S. H., Newark Museum, 1976, p. 122, fig. 151.
Israeli, Y., Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum: The Eliahu Dobkin Collection and Other Gifts, Jerusalem, 2003.
Auth, S. H., Ancient Glass at the Newark Museum from the Eugene Schaefer Collection of Antiquities, Newark Museum, N. J., 1976.
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