KM335 (Early-Middle Roman Glass Beaker or Deep Bowl) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Material description

Transparent, light yellowish green (PMS 367/368). No impurities.

Technique

Free-blown. Fire-polished lip.

Logical part of

Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects

Typological identification

Glass Free-Blown Beaker

Typological identification

Glass Free-Blown Cup or Deep Bowl

Comparanda

cf. DuraEuroposIV.5, pp. 83, no. 330, pl. IX (C. W. Clairmont; “bowl”; 2nd–3rd century?)

Comparanda

cf. Grossmann2013, pp. 226–227, no. G23, fig. 22 (“cup or bowl”; Zeugma, late 2nd-mid-3rd century)

Comparanda

cf. Price1992, pp. 429, 448, nos. 179, 185-186, pl. 344 (“cup”; Knossos, mid-1st-late 2nd century)

Comparanda

cf. Steskal2008, p. 196, no. G 87, pl. 346 (“Becher”; Vediusgymnasium, Ephesos, 2nd quarter/mid-1st century-300 CE)

Comparanda

cf. Vessberg1952, p. 120, pl. III:1, 2=SwCyprusExIV.3, pp. 137, 140, fig. 44:1-2 (“beaker”; Cyprus)

Description

Beaker or deep bowl. Vertical rim with outwardly thickened, rounded lip. Vertical to convex upper body?

Preservation description

One fragment preserves small part of rim. Slight abrasion and slight feather cracking; slight black enamel flaking.

Published as

Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 955, 1020, no. 614, fig. 20.20

Maximum preserved dimension

0.025

Preserved height

0.009

Estimated rim diameter

0.079

Chronology comment

Early-Middle Roman (mid-1st-3rd century?)

Material

Glass (Material)

Drawing

Photograph