KM144 (Early Roman Northern Italian Glass Beaker) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Translucent, light bluish green (PMS 318). No impurities.
Technique
Free-blown. Blowing spirals. Striations on bottom from polishing.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Glass Free-Blown Beaker
Typological identification comment
Northern Italian product.
Typological identification comment
Isings1957 Form 34
Comparanda
cf. CorinthXII, pp. 78, 81, 100–101, no. 637, fig. 8 (G. D. Weinberg; from behind South Stoa, 1st century CE)
Comparanda
cf. Dusenbery1967, pp. 46–47, no. 41, fig. 41=SamothraceXI, pp. 1084–1085, no. S212-B
Comparanda
cf. Haevernick1981, pp. 124, 127, no. V2393, pl. 41:6 (Kabeiroi, Thebes)
Comparanda
cf. PriceCottam2000, p. 59 (Mytilene)
Description
Beaker. Conical to slightly convex lower body tapering to base. Solid pad base with thin, rounded edge tooled out horizontally and high, domed floor.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves small part of lower body and >50% of base. Extensive abrasion and extensive pitting; moderate to extensive dulling.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 956-957, 1021-1022, 1023, no. 620, fig. 20.12
Estimated base diameter
0.041
Maximum preserved dimension
0.042
Preserved height
0.01
Chronology comment
Dated second half 1st-early 2nd century
Has geographic origin
Italy
Material
Glass (Material)
Drawing
Photograph