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Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean
Date2nd-3rd century
DimensionsH: 5 1/4 in. (13.4 cm); Diam: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
MediumFree-blown and tooled glass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1173
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DescriptionThis slender beaker from the 2nd–3rd century CE is made of pale green glass and stands on a tubular base ring. Its sides flare out and then taper in toward the bottom. A narrow thread of glass encircles the upper body just below the rim, and a circular scar at the base shows where it was detached from the glassmaker’s rod.

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