Square Glass Vessels from the Collection of the State Historical Museum
Journal: Materials in Archaeology History and Ethnography of Tauria
Year: 2024

This article presents a small collection of mould-blown square vessels, residing in the State Historical Museum, Moscow. Regrettably, most of them have come from unknown contexts. All but one of the regarded jugs have a Charlesworth-2 type rim (one of variant 2a, the others of variant 2b), which is considered a characteristic feature of Eastern Mediterranean origin. The only specimen with a ‘western-type’ rim (Charlesworth-1b) differs from the other ones in the glass colour (olive). Four jugs ha