Glass two-handled jar 4th-5th century A.D. Roman Translucent pale blue-green; handles in streaky translucent purple.Vertical, rounded, and possibly tubular rim, with projecting horizontal flange below; broad, funnel-shaped neck; uneven shoulder, sloping on one side, horizontal and slightly pushed-in on the other; body with convex side, tapering downward; concave bottom, with small, circular pontil scar; two handles applied in large, thick pads to edge of shoulder, drawn up vertically, turned in and trailed onto flange and then up to top of rim (where one is folded back on itself as a short trail, and the other is broken off).Intact; few bubbles; patches of soil encrustation and weathering, some dulling and iridescence.. Glass two-handled jar 254682 Roman, Glass two-handled jar, 4th5th century A.D., Glass, H.: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Miss Ida H. Ogilvie, 1951 (51.80.1)