Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: KM413 (Middle-Late Roman Syro-Palestinian(?) glass cup)

: 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: Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
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
Explanation of deposition: Residual in Early Byzantine colluvium.
Has geographic origin: Palestine
Has geographic origin: Syria
Material: Glass (Material)
In Excavated Unit: Locus TRB0914-009
Location in unit: Middle to lower level across south trench.
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