KM396 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Glass goblet) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Semitransparent, yellowish greenish colorless (PMS 379). Sparse small, spherical bubbles.
Technique
Free-blown. Dense blowing spirals. Fire-polished lip.
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Glass Free-Blown Goblet
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)
Comparanda
sim. WilsonSad1984, p. 75, figs. 553–555 (Bosra, Syria, 7th century)
Description
Goblet. Flaring, straight to slightly outwardly curving rim with rounded lip. Conical upper to middle body.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves ca. 25% of rim and upper to middle body. Slight milky to silver iridescence.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 959, 963, 1025, no. 632, fig. 20.22
Maximum preserved dimension
0.04
Preserved height
0.021
Estimated rim diameter
0.09
Chronology comment
Late 5th-7th century
Material
Glass (Material)
Drawing
Photograph