KM415a/c+KM420 (Early Roman Imported Glass ribbed deep bowl) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Semitransparent, light blue with a tinge of green (PMS 630). Numerous pinprick bubbles.
Technique
Rotary pressed. Grinding between lip and ribs.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Glass Ribbed Bowl
Typological identification comment
Isings1957 Form 3c
Comparanda
sim. AdamVelenietal2003, pp. 214–215, no. 209 (Lete, Macedonia)
Description
Deep ribbed bowl. Vertical rim? Hemispherical body. Plain, round to slightly sharp base and concave bottom. Short, thick, evenly spaced, vertical ribs in high relief with tops ground flat (32 total?) on upper to middle body.
Preservation description
Sixteen large fragments, two joining, preserve small part of middle body with two ribs and >50% of base. Very slight white enamel flaking.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 931, 993, 994, no. 525, fig. 20.7
Estimated base diameter
0.78
Estimated body diameter
0.157
Chronology comment
Dated 1st century A.D.
Material
Glass (Material)
Drawing
Photograph