container (containers)

Phoenician glass container, a vase with a bulbous body and a thin neck. On the body are areas of the glass which have been pinched in. A thin coil of glass has been looped around the neck of the vase.

'No. 8 / S. Tyre / 1896' is written on the side of the vessel. There is a small green label with purple thread, which says, 'S. Tyre / No. 8'.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn6357
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 188 x 100 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
glass; glaze
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Archaeology
LOCATION
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