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Inverted Conical Beaker
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Inverted Conical Beaker

Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date1st-2nd century CE
DimensionsH: 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm); Rim Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown, tooled, and wheel cut.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.559
Not on View
DescriptionTransparent decolored glass with slight grayish tinge (5 Y 7/2). No pontil mark. Cut. Very thin glass. A few small bubbles. Everted rim, lightly ground. Tall inverted conical body with slight bulge at center. Base flattened with depression in center. On upper half of body, four bands of horizontal wheel-cut incisions. CLASSIFICATION: Isings 1957, 106 Form ?.

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