Berlin glass amphora from Olbia

Presumably the glass amphora was commissioned by a rich citizen of the city of Olbia, where it was later found, in the second half of the second century.

Nowadays the glass is milky and light yellow due to centuries of ultraviolet radiation from the Sun, but originally it was clear and had a pale green tinge.

In these holes, taps have been fitted in the shape of satyrs, holding animal bladders, from which the liquid in the amphora could flow out.

The shape imitates the Panathenaic amphora, which were manufactured in this form in the third and second centuries BC in Athens.

The bell-shaped foot was produced similarly, which was then hot joined to the belly piece using a solid stick.