16823http://www165.123.244.137/subject/16823/Object TypeJarsSeason Number09: 1930-1931MuseumBritish MuseumCulture/PeriodKassiteReputedly found in a Kassite grave, the form though resembles a much later object.Culture/PeriodAchaemenid Empire (Persian)Argued to be 4th or 3rd centuries BC by Barag (1985, 79)MaterialGlass and Related MaterialU Number16330Description (Catalog Card)Miniature vase. Blue glass. With 2 handles. Part of one handle and bottom of vase missing. [drawing 1:1]Woolley's descriptionDescription (Modern)Glass jar, resembles a small amphora, with flat thickened rim, cylindrical neck and conical body; two handles, made from a bichrome twist, from the rim to the shoulder; space inside body is cylindrical; yellow thread wound around the neck and another around the upper part of the body; rod-formed; body faded and turned greenish-grey (originally perhaps blue?); yellow thread faded; original colour of the handles may have been blue and yellow; the base and most of one handle missing, and a chip off the rim.Find Context (Catalog Card)Kassite Grave. A.HMaterial (Catalog Card)GlassMaterial as described by WoolleyMuseum Number (BM Registration Number)1931,1010.213Measurement (Height)3.8cmMeasured at British Museum, 2015.Measurement (Diameter)1.0cmMeasured at British Museum, 2015.Measurement (Diameter)1.8cmMeasured at British Museum, 2015.