Bowl
Bowl
Place of OriginRoman Empire, Eastern Mediterranean, Syro-Palestine
Date1st-2nd century CE
DimensionsH: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm); Rim Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Diam: 3 3/16 in. (8.2 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown, tooled
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.422
Not on View
DescriptionFree-blown cylindrical box made of transparent grayish blue glass. The vessel has very thin walls with a few small spherical bubbles. It features straight sides with a tooled fillet near the bottom and a shallow convex base. The rim is ground and has a tall, vertical lip with a projecting collar marking the transition to the base. The bottom is tooled to form a concave center with an open, pushed-out base ring. Two faint wheel-cut lines are present on the lip: one 2 mm below the rim and a second 1.9 cm below. The lid is missing.
Second half of the first century CE
Probably fifth century
Fourth century CE
Late 2nd to early 3rd century CE
Probably late third to mid-fourth century
Probably second quarter through mid-first century CE
Third century
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