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Object NameBeaker

Made FromGlass

Date300-399

TechniqueBlown, applied, wheel-cut, marvered

SizeOverall H: 7.2 cm, Diam: 9.5 cm

Accession Number50.1.31

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Roman Empire; Eastern Mediterranean

Physical DescriptionColorless or almost colorless, with deep blue blobs; blown, blobbed and marvered; rim cracked off and ground; wheel-cut but not polished. Bowl: deep. Rim very slightly outsplayed, plain, with flat top; wall curves downward and inward; base flat and very narrow; no pontil mark. Decoration applied and wheel-cut: at mid-point of wall, continuous horizontal row of 18 circular to oval deep blue blobs, up to 1.2 cm across, marvered unusually flat; three shallow, continuous, horizontal wheel-cut bands shortly below rim (W. 0.4 cm), just above blobs (W. 0.4 cm) and just below blobs (W. 0.1 cm).
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