KM379 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Glass goblet) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Translucent, light yellowish green (PMS 583). No impurities.
Technique
Free-blown. Blowing spirals. Fire-polished lip.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Glass Free-Blown Goblet
Comparanda
sim. WilsonSad1984, p. 75, figs. 553–555 (Bosra, Syria, 7th century)
Comparanda
sim. Alexandri1977, pp. 32-33, pl. 24:α (tomb, Athens, 6th/7th century)
Comparanda
sim. Catling1972, pp. 75-77, nos. G7, G12-G18, fig. 41 (Dhiorios, northwest Cyprus, 7th century)
Description
Goblet. Thin wall. Flaring, straight rim with slightly outwardly thickened, pointed lip. Conical upper to middle body.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves small part of rim and upper to middle body. Slight feather cracking.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 959, 960, 973, 1024-1025, no. 631, fig. 20.22
Maximum preserved dimension
0.03
Preserved height
0.016
Estimated rim diameter
0.102
Chronology comment
Late 5th-7th century
Material
Glass (Material)
Drawing
Photograph