KM371 (Middle Roman-Early Byzantine Glass Bowl) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Transparent, light greenish blue (PMS 7464). Numerous small to large spherical bubbles opening at surface.
Technique
Free-blown. Irregular, blocky projection on bottom where solid pontil broke off (Diam. 0.014 m).
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Glass Free-Blown Cup or Deep Bowl
Typological identification
Glass Free-Blown Shallow Bowl or Dish
Description
Bowl. Thin wall. Concave bottom near the base that thickens toward center to create distinct bulb on floor. It would have had a high, vertical, folded ring base (cf. 596, 597).
Preservation description
One fragment preserves >50% of base. Slight pitting and slight feather cracking; moderate milky iridescence.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 947, 1014, 1015, no. 598, fig. 20.16
Estimated base diameter
0.048
Maximum preserved dimension
0.04
Preserved height
0.006
Chronology comment
Late 3rd-6th/7th century
Material
Glass (Material)
Drawing
Photograph