KM411 (Early Roman Syro-Palestinian mold-blown glass cup with motto) [ permalink ] Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Transparent, bluish colorless (close to PMS 656). Sparse pinprick bubbles and tiny sand granules.
Technique
Mold-blown.
Writing transcription
Εὐφραίνου [ἐπὶ τούτῳ] ἐφ᾿ ᾧ πάρει
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Glass Motto Cup
Typological identification
Molded text (glass)
Typological identification comment
Antonaras2009 type 19
Typological identification comment
Harden1935 , Harden19441945 Type G I i-ii
Comparanda
cf. AdamVeleniIgnatiadou2010 , pp. 261–262, no. 178 (Thessaloniki)
Comparanda
cf. AgoraXXXIV , pp. 65–66, 80, no. 146, fig. 8, pl. 13 (M. Stern)
Comparanda
cf. Antonaras2010 , pp. 241–242, fig. 1:2 (Thessaloniki)
Comparanda
cf. Mavromichali2001 , p. 133, pl. 2:β (Thessaloniki)
Comparanda
cf. McClellan1983 , p. 77 (Antikyra)
Comparanda
cf. Threpsiades1972 , p. 199, pl. 77:α=Zapheiropoulou1975 , p. 54, no. 1, pl. 4 (Galaxidi)
Description
Cup with Greek inscription. Convex wall bears letters in low, crisp relief between horizontal framing ridges: [- - -]ΑΙΝ[- - -] (bent-bar alpha). Part of squat, bulbous cup with constricted neck, gadroons above base, and frieze at greatest diameter of body with text in low relief: [ΕΥΦΡ]ΑΙΝ[ΟΥΕΦΩΠΑΡΕΙ].
Preservation comment
One fragment preserves small part of middle of body. Slight pitting; slight silver iridescence.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022 , pp. 932, 995, no. 526, fig. 20.8
Estimated body diameter
0.085
Maximum preserved dimension
0.021
Preserved height
0.019
Chronology comment
Dated mid-late 1st century CE
Material
Glass (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
