KM358 (Early Roman Mosaic Glass Bowl) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Composite mosaic pattern assembled from irregular, sometimes polygonal cane sections colored cream to yellow and thin, red rod sections arranged obliquely and embedded in dark green (weathering to brown). Translucent. No impurities.
Technique
Canes fused and slumped on convex former. Lip ground down. Faint striations on interior from polishing.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Mosaic Glass Bowl
Typological identification comment
Isings1957 Form 1/18
Comparanda
cf. Facchini2011, pp. 38–39, 50, nos. 16, 17 (Albenga, Liguria, and Aosta, end 1st century BCE–1st century CE)
Comparanda
cf. Grose1989, pp. 233, 258, 329, 429, no. 553 (Toledo; Italian product, “most likely found at Rome”)
Comparanda
sim. mosaic pattern: AntonarasAnagnostopoulouChatzipolichroni2002, pp. 114, 120, fig. 3 (Ioron [Palatiano], Macedonia, 1st century BCE–1st century CE)
Comparanda
sim. mosaic pattern: Papageorgiou2014, pp. 101–102, 373, 378–379, no. 16 (Patras, Italian product, end 1st century BCE–mid-1st century CE)
Comparanda
sim. mosaic pattern: Schatzschock2010b, p. 600, no. B-G 48, pl. 458 (Hanghaus 1.2, Ephesos, 3rd century?)
Description
Wide, shallow, hemispherical bowl in mosaic glass that resembles dense foliage. Flaring, straight to slightly inward-curving rim tapering to sharp lip.
Preservation comment
One fragment preserves small part of rim and upper body. Extensive pitting; slight dulling.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 924-925, 991, no. 516, fig. 20.6
Preserved height
0.028
Right margin width
0.016
Estimated rim diameter
0.16
Chronology comment
Dated late 1st century BCE-early 1st century CE
Has geographic origin
Eastern Mediterranean
Has geographic origin
Italy
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Roman (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Glass (Material)
Drawing
Photograph