Conical Beaker
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Conical Beaker
Artist
Unidentified
Period
Roman Empire
(Ancient Roman, 27 BCE-395 CE)
Place of OriginSyria, reportedly from Hauran (Golan Heights)
Date3rd-4th century CE
Dimensions2 9/16 × 4 5/8 × 1 13/16 in. (6.5 × 11.8 × 4.7 cm)
Mediumglass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1908.56
Not on View
DescriptionThis beaker is made of transparent pale green glass (10 G 6/2) and contains numerous pinprick and small spherical bubbles. Blowing spirals are visible on the surface. The glass is of medium-thin thickness. It was free-blown and tooled, with a pontil mark approximately 0.9 cm in diameter. A single thread of similarly colored glass is applied approximately 0.9 cm below the rim. The rim is everted, rounded, and thickened in a flame. The body has straight walls that broaden slightly toward the base, which is flat with a central depression.
3rd-4th century CE
Mid- to second half of 1st century
3rd-4th Century
about 4th century CE
3rd-4th century CE
2nd-3rd century CE
Late 4th to end of 5th century
Probably early 4th century
4th-5th century CE
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