Dish

Artist Unidentified

Period Roman Empire (Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)

Period Byzantine Empire (Byzantine, 395 CE-1453 CE)

Place of OriginRoman or Byzantine Levant

Date4th-early 5th century CE

Dimensions2 5/16 × 9 3/16 in. (5.9 × 23.4 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Object number

1908.68

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DescriptionFree-blown and tooled dish made from medium thin glass. The vessel is slightly asymmetrical, slumped to one side. It has a rounded, flame-thickened rim and straight, outward-sloping sides that meet the bottom in an obtuse angle. The bottom slopes toward a thickened center, forming a slightly concave base with a pushed-in hollow tubular base ring. A circular wad is present at the center of the base, approximately 1.4 cm in diameter. The glass is transparent natural pale green (10 G 6/2), though surface weathering obscures the fabric.