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Sidonian Glass


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Sidonian mold-blown amber glass ???Date Flask??.
1st ??? 2nd century AD.
H. 7cm. (2 ? in.)
Rim partly restored, otherwise perfect. Fine silvery iridescence.
Ex. Devor glass collection, Jerusalem, prior to 1977.
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The body blown into two-part mold, modeled in the form of the date fruit, with short cylindrical neck and flaring folded rim.

Catalogued by Prof. D. Barag, Devor Collection Catalogue, May 1977.

Cf. Israeli, Y., - Jerusalem 2003, p. 140, fig. 150,151.
Stern, E. M., - Toledo 1995, pp. 172-177, Cat. Nos. 84-107.


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