KM437 (Earlty Roman Imported glass deep ribbed bowl) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Transparent, bluish colorless with a tinge of green (PMS 628). Sparse small, elongated bubbles.
Technique
Rotary pressed.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Description
Deep ribbed bowl. Hemispherical body. Narrow, evenly spaced, vertical ribs in high relief (18 total?) extending to lower body or base.
Preservation comment
One large fragment preserves small part of middle to lower body with three ribs. Moderate abrasion, extensive pitting, and moderate chipping; slight silver iridescence; specks of encrustation.
Published as
Papageorgiouetal2022, pp. 993-994, no. 522, fig. 20.7
Estimated body diameter
0.115
Maximum preserved dimension
0.054
Chronology comment
Dated mid-late 1st century CE
Material
Glass (Material)
Drawing
Photograph