KM354 (Middle-Late Roman Glass Cup) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Transparent, light blue with a tinge of green (PMS 629). Sparse pinprick bubbles.
Technique
Free-blown. Fire-polished lip.
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Glass Free-Blown Cup or Deep Bowl
Description
Cup. Slightly flaring, straight rim with inwardly curving, rounded lip. Conical to cylindrical(?) upper body.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves small part of rim and upper body. Slight abrasion and slight pitting; slight to moderate reddish brown staining.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 942, 1002, 1003, no. 552, fig. 20.12
Maximum preserved dimension
0.02
Preserved height
0.013
Estimated rim diameter
0.059
Chronology comment
Early-Middle Roman (1st-2nd century?)
Explanation of deposition
Residual in massive Early Byzantine sediment filling passageway on south slope of ridge.
Material
Glass (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRA0909-003
Location in unit
Upper fill in east trench.
Drawing
Photograph