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Object NameFragment with Vegetal Ornament

Made FromGlass

Dateprobably 900-1099

Techniqueblown, linear- and slant-cut

SizeOverall H: 3.8 cm, Diam (estimate): 6 cm

Accession Number68.1.59-26

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Ancient

Physical DescriptionColorless or almost colorless glass; blown, linear- and slant-cut. Fragment from rim and upper wall of beaker. Rim plain, with rounded lip; wall straight and tapering. Surviving decoration consists of upper border and part of vegetal motif. Border begins 1.3 cm above lip, is 0.9 cm wide, and consists of countersunk band of closely spaced cross hatching. Vegetal motif is vertical leaf or palmette in slant-cut, countersunk relief, with linear-cut central vein and herringbone pattern of hatching.
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