Glass jar
This jar was found in a Roman cremation burial and would have been a prized possession. It was made in Germany. It is free-blown glass with a folded rim and the base pushed upwards. The beautiful blue colour is cobalt or copper.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 527/1989/23
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit
- Material
- glass
- Common Name
- glass jar
- Simple Name
- jar
- Period Classification
- Roman (43-410)
- Production Year Low
- 55
- Production Year High
- 70
