KM423 (Early Roman Glass modiolus or mug) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Material description

Semitranslucent, bluish green (close to PMS 625). Numerous small, spherical bubbles.

Technique

Free-blown

Logical part of

Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila

Typological identification

Glass Free-Blown Cup or Deep Bowl

Typological identification

Glass Modiolus

Typological identification comment

Isings Form 37

Comparanda

sim. AgoraXXXIV, pp. 55–56, 77, nos. 113, 114, fig. 7, pl. 11 (Early Roman modiolus; M. Stern)

Comparanda

sim. Kolonas2002, p. 116, no. 18 (Early Roman modiolus; Patras)

Comparanda

sim. Papageorgiou2014, pp. 161–162, 397–398, no. 54 (Early Roman modiolus; Patras)

Comparanda

sim. Schatzschock2010a, pp. 293, 312, no. A-G 45, pl. 139 (Middle Roman mug; Hanghaus 1.1, Ephesos)

Description

Modiolus? Looping, vertical, strap handle with exterior grooving.

Preservation description

One fragment preserves most of one handle. Moderate abrasion and extensive pitting; moderate gold iridescence and slight gray to black enamel flaking.

Published as

Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 936-937, 997-998, 999, no. 534, fig. 20.10

Preserved height

0.027

Preserved width

0.013

Chronology comment

Mid-1st to early 2nd century

Material

Glass (Material)

Drawing

Photograph