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fragment

Object NameFragment of Cup

Made FromNon-lead glass

Date701-899

TechniqueBlown, scratch-engraved

SizeOverall: 7.1 cm; Rim Diam (est): 10-11 cm

Accession Number51.1.110

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

possibly Egypt; possibly Western Asia

Physical DescriptionRim plain, with rounded lip; wall vertical. Exterior has two horizontal bands of scratch engraved ornament: upper band, just below rim, is narrow and consisted of ground line from which extend groups of three short vertical lines; lower band, is broad and occupies most of wall; it has pair of border lines at top and small part of one border line survives at bottom; between borders, fragment preserves head of bird shown in profile facing right, with hatched circular eye and hatched open beak; in front of and below bird's head are stem- and leaf-like motifs, and small circles, which are also hatched.
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