beaker

Object NameBeaker

Made FromGlass

Date300-399

Techniqueblown, applied, wheel-cut, ground, polished

SizeOverall H: 13 cm; Rim Diam: 11.7 cm

Accession Number79.1.32

Credit LineGift of Richard C. Reedy

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Roman Empire; Eastern Mediterranean

Physical DescriptionAlmost colorless glass with very pale green tint, semi-translucent deep blue blobs and knob; blown (possibly in mold: see below), applied and wheel-cut. Plain rim cracked off and ground; straight side tapering to very narrow base. Four horizontal polished wheel-cut grooves, 0.1-0.4 cm wide, two immediately below rim (0.4 and 0.1 cm) 1.7 cm below rim (0.4 cm), and at mid-point (0.4 cm); between third and fourth grooves, band of three equidistant groups of blue, vertical oval blobs, each group containing three blobs in roughly triangular formation (two above one); on base, blue knob with flattened bottom.
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