KM404c (Middle-Late Roman Syro-Palestinian glass shallow bowl) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Transparent, light yellowish green (PMS 367). No impurities.
Technique
Free-blown. Fire-polished lip.
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Glass Free-Blown Shallow Bowl or Dish
Comparanda
sim. Dussart1998, pp. 22, 26, 56, 72, 243, 249, pls. 3:1-3, 9:7 (Types BI.111, BI.621; Umm Qeis, ‘Aïn ez-Zâra and Amman, Jordan, second half 4th-beginning 6th century)
Comparanda
sim. Hadad2008, pp. 167, 179, 182, nos. 10, 11, pl. 5:1 (Tiberias, 7th century)
Comparanda
sim. Jennings19971998, pp. 114, 126-127, fig. 7:13 (Beirut, Late Roman)
Comparanda
sim. Jones1987, pp. 628, 650-651, fig. 135:68 (El-Lejjun, Jordan, first half 6th century)
Comparanda
sim. Papageorgiou2014, pp. 140, 386, 389, no. 41 (plate; Patras, 5th-beginning 7th century)
Comparanda
sim. Steskal2008, p. 195, no. G 77, pl. 346 (Vediusgymnasium, Ephesos, second quarter/mid-1st-third quarter 3rd century)
Comparanda
sim. Vessberg1952, p. 115, pl. I:27=SwCyprusExIV.3, pp. 130, 134, 196, fig. 42:27 (Deep Bowl B.I.α; Cyprus Museum)
Comparanda
sim. WeinbergGoldstein1988, pp. 44-45, no. 46, fig. 4-5 (Jalame, late 4th-early 5th century)
Description
Shallow bowl. Inwardly curving rim with slightly thickened, rounded lip. Low hemispherical(?) to oblate body. Syro-Palestinian product.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves small part of rim and upper body. Moderate pitting; slight dulling, slight gold and gray iridescence, and slight black enamel flaking.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 952, 1018, no. 606, fig. 10.18
Maximum preserved dimension
0.022
Preserved height
0.012
Estimated rim diameter
0.115
Chronology comment
4th-6th century
Explanation of deposition
Residual in materials used to construct Octagon?
Has geographic origin
Palestine
Has geographic origin
Syria
Material
Glass (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRB0913-008
Location in unit
In subflooring of south chamber of Octagon.
Drawing
Photograph