Bag-Shaped Jar

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Museum of Antiquities - University of Saskatchewan

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Name/Title

Bag-Shaped Jar

Entry/Object ID

11NE-Mi5-143

Description

The rim is unworked and everted. The walls of the rim constrict, creating a short neck before the walls out-splay into a bag-shaped body. The tubular base is irregular and concave with the ringed foot being a later addition to the vessel. The vessel is intact with some iridescence and encrustation.

Use

Storage Container

Context

The use of jars are much the same as they are today, to store thick substances that are not easily pourable. They likely stored ointments which were cosmetic or everyday medicines such as sting balms and cough mixtures. No lids have been discovered with jars but it is assumed that jars were closed with pieces of cloth or leaves which would have been tied beneath the mouth.

Made/Created

Date made

200 CE - 400 CE

Time Period

Roman Imperial, Late Antique

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Roman

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

11 cm

Diameter

5.8 cm

Material

Glass

Research Notes

Research Type

Reference

Notes

Hayes, John W. Roman and Pre-Roman Glass in the Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto: The Royal Ontario Museum, 1975. Note Page 109, Cat. 404.

Research Type

Reference

Notes

Fleming, Stuart F. Roman Glass" Reflections on Cultural Change. Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvanian Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 1999. Note Page 27.