beaker

Object NameBeaker

Made FromGlass

Date300-399

Techniqueblown, wheel-cut

SizeOverall H: 10.1 cm, Diam (max): 6.1 cm

Accession Number79.1.177

Credit LineGift of The Ruth Bryan Strauss Memorial Foundation

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Roman Empire

Physical DescriptionTransparent pale green glass; blown, rim cracked off, wheel-cut. Biconical body, with pushed in foot; outsplayed rim, crack off and ground; wall splays to carnation just below mid-point, then tapers; base flat, with tubular edge made by folding and dome at center of floor; no pontil mark; decoration of lightly engraved continuous horizontal lines: at bottom of rim, two single lines and two groups of lines, each 0.1 cm wide; between top of wall and carnation, three groups of lines: 0.1, 0.4 and 0.1 cm wide; between and bottom of wall, three groups of lines: 0.2, 0.3 and 0.1 cm wide.
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