Indented cup

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Indented cup

Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean

Date2nd Century CE

DimensionsH: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); Diam (lip): 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)

MediumGlass; free blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.499

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DescriptionThis indented cup is free-blown and tooled from very thin, transparent natural pale green glass (10 G 6/2). The fabric cannot be determined due to weathering. The rim is everted, with convex sides and an unworked edge bent outward from a slight constriction. The squat, bulbous body reaches its greatest diameter at the middle and rests on a slightly concave base. Four large circular indentations are tooled into the body, each marked at the center by a reamer impression. No pontil mark is visible.