KM336 (Early Roman Glass Cup or Beaker) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Material description

Transparent, colorless with a tinge of green. No impurities.

Technique

Free-blown. Wheel-incising.

Logical part of

Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila

Typological identification

Glass Free-Blown Beaker

Typological identification

Glass Free-Blown Cup or Deep Bowl

Comparanda

cf. ColchesterVIII, pp. 66–67, nos. 282, 283 (H. E. M. Cool and J. Price)

Comparanda

cf. CorinthXII, pp. 79, 93-94, no. 586, fig. 6 (G. D. Weinberg; 1st century CE)

Comparanda

cf. Harter1999, pp. 55-57, 189-190, no. 227, pl. 10 (Form B1; Landesmuseum Mainz)

Comparanda

cf. Mavromichali2001, pp. 134-135, drawing 5, fig. 6 (Thessaloniki)

Comparanda

cf. Price1992, pp. 426, 446, no. 138, pl. 342 (Knossos)

Comparanda

cf. SamothraceXI, pp. 1081-1083, nos. S200-5, S209-3 (E. Dusinbery; late 1st century BCE-early 1st century CE)

Comparanda

cf. Sternini19901991, vol. 2, pp. 132-133, nos. 537-540, pl. 50:278-280 (Musée archéologique de Nîmes; from area, 1st century CE)

Description

Cup or beaker. Cylindrical to conical upper body, curving slightly inward toward base. One horizontal, linear-cut groove on exterior.

Preservation description

One small fragment from upper to middle body. Slight chipping and dulling.

Published as

Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 933, 934-936, 996, 997, no. 531, fig. 20.9

Estimated body diameter

0.12

Maximum preserved dimension

0.029

Preserved height

0.012

Chronology comment

Early-mid-1st century CE

Material

Glass (Material)

Drawing

Photograph