KM413 (Middle-Late Roman Syro-Palestinian(?) glass cup) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Material description

Transparent, colorless. Few to moderate pinprick bubbles.

Technique

Free-blown. Faint striations on exterior from polishing. Abraded grooving.

Logical part of

Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila

Typological identification

Glass Free-Blown Cup or Deep Bowl

Comparanda

sim. Barag1978, pp. 19-21, no. 35, fig. 10 (Ḥanita, Middle Roman?)

Comparanda

sim. DuraEuroposIV.5, p. 54, no. 226, pl. VI (C. W. Clairmont; 2nd/3rd century)

Comparanda

sim. Harden1940, pp. 121, 127, no. G.258, pl. LXXXV:13 (Hermonthis [Armant], 3rd-4th century)

Comparanda

sim. Jones1987, pp. 628, 650-651, fig. 135:70 (El-Lejjun, Jordan, first half 6th century)

Comparanda

sim. WeinbergGoldstein1988, pp. 51-52, no. 95, fig. 4-12 (Jalame, 4th century?)

Description

Cup. Plain rim turned out and down. Cylindrical, slightly bulging body that tapers toward base. Horizontal groove just below rim. Syro-Palestinian product?

Preservation description

One fragment preserves roughly one-quarter of rim to middle body. Moderate abrasion and extensive pitting; slight dulling and moderate golden iridescence.

Published as

Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 944, 1013, 1014, no. 591, fig. 20.16

Maximum preserved dimension

0.025

Preserved height

0.026

Estimated rim diameter

0.068

Chronology comment

3rd-4th century

Has geographic origin

Palestine

Has geographic origin

Syria

Material

Glass (Material)

Drawing

Photograph