KTH0211 (Roman Glass Beaker or Large Cup) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Description
Vertical, cylindrical upper body with slightly flaring neck. Slightly incurving, inwardly folded rim with rounded lip. Fire-polished.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Light blue to bluish colorless (PMS 656C), translucent. Very rare pinprick bubbles, many arrayed in horizontal blowing striations up to lip.
Preservation comment
One fragment preserves ca. 10% of rim and small part of upper body and neck. Slight, extensive dulling; patches of milky flaking.
Preserved height
0.018
Estimated rim diameter
0.07
Material
Glass (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KTH0211 (Roman Glass Beaker or Large Cup).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0211>