Straight-Sided Bowl with Scalloped Rim on Base Ring

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Straight-Sided Bowl with Scalloped Rim on Base Ring

Place of OriginRome

Date4th century CE

DimensionsH: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); Rim Diam: 5 in. (12.8 cm); Diam (body): 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); Base Diam: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.1329

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DescriptionMedium thick glass. Fabric cannot be determined because of weathering. Transparent natural grayish yellow green (5 GY 7/2). Similarly colored coil. Free-blown. Pontil mark ca. 1.1 cm. Added coil. Tooled. Rim bent out horizontally, rounded and thickened in flame, then pinched and pulled to form 15 scallops. Straight sides with slight taper toward base. Flattened base with true base ring. Rim coil along under side of rim.

Published ReferencesHarden, Donald B., Roman Glass from Karanis, (University of Michigan Studies, Humanistic Series, XLI) Ann Arbor, 1936, pp. 97 and 111 (footnote 2), repr. fig. 2, g.