KM426 (Early-Middle Roman Cast-Glass Shallow Bowl) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Material description

Transparent, colorless. Very few small, spherical bubbles.

Technique

Cast. Faint striations on interior and exterior from polishing.

Logical part of

Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila

Typological identification

Cast Glass Bowl

Comparanda

cf. AgoraXXXIV, pp. 87–88, 119, no. 162, fig. 10, pl. 16 (E. M. Stern; 2nd-early 3rd century)

Description

Shallow bowl. Flaring, inwardly curving to horizontal rim with rounded lip that is pressed down to create wide indent around upper interior edge. Slight ridge at joint with body.

Preservation description

One small fragment preserves small part of rim and upper body. Slight chipping; very slight white iridescence.

Published as

Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 926-927, 991, 992, no. 519, fig. 20.6

Preserved height

0.024

Estimated rim diameter

0.19

Chronology comment

2nd-3rd century

Material

Glass (Material)

Drawing

Photograph