Beaker
Beaker
Place of OriginAncient Rome
Date4th-5th century CE
DimensionsH: 5 1/8 in. (13.0 cm); Rim Diam: 3 5/8 in. (8.4 cm); Base Diam: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
MediumGlass; free-blown and wheel cut.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1170
Not on View
DescriptionMedium thick glass. Medium-sized bubbles ovoid near rim, vertically elongated in lower body.
Transparent natural light olive (near 10 Y 5/4).
Free-blown. No pontil mark. Wheel-cut.
Rim ground horizontally. Conical body. Flat base with slight depression in center.
Around body four horizontal wheel-cut grooves at regular intervals down body and one band of shallow wheel-cut incisions on lower body.
5th-6th century
2nd-3rd century CE
1st-2nd century CE
4th century CE
4th century CE
1st century CE
2nd century CE
1st-2nd century CE
1st century CE
4th-5th century
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