KM353 (Early Roman Hofheim Cup) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Translucent, colorless. Numerous small, spherical bubbles opening at surface.
Technique
Free-blown. Wheel-incising.
Comment
Western product.
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Hofheim Cup
Description
Hofheim cup. Hemispherical body. Two horizontal, linear-cut grooves on exterior lower body.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves small part of body. Moderate abrasion; moderate dulling, moderate milky iridescence.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 935, 995-996, 997, no. 528, fig. 20.9
Estimated body diameter
0.09
Maximum preserved dimension
0.027
Preserved height
0.023
Chronology comment
1st century CE
Explanation of deposition
Residual(?) among numerous Roman sherds against upper face of Wall A1.
Material
Glass (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRA0904-015
Location in unit
Middle level across central to east trench near Wall A1.
Drawing
Photograph