Cylindrical Cup with Mold-blown Inscription

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Cylindrical Cup with Mold-blown Inscription

Place of OriginAncient Rome, probably Syria or Palestine

DateFirst half of first century

DimensionsH: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); Rim Diam (rec): 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm); Rim Thickness: 1/16 in. (0.15 cm); Base Diam (rec): 2 3/8 in. (6.0 cm)

MediumGlass; mold-blown.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.410A-B

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Glass

Published ReferencesdeVillefosse, H., Memories de la Societé Nationale des Antiquaries de France, 1904, pp. 278-280.

Perdrizet, P., "Verres de Sidon donnés en prix dans des concours," Mémoires de la Société nationale des antiquaires de France, ser. 7, 65 (1904-1905), 291ff., Class 1B, nos. 5-8.

Harden, Donald B., "Romano-Syrian Glasses with Mould-blown Inscriptions," Journal of Roman Studies 25, 1935, p. 178, Group K1iiih.

Stern, E. Marianne, Roman Mold-Blown Glass: The First Through Sixth Centuries, Rome, Italy, "L'Erma" di Bretschneider in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1995, p. 100, n. 4.

Comparative ReferencesSee also Matheson, Susan B., Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn. 1980) p. 53, included as a parallel to her no. 134 (reported to have been acquired from Azeez Khayat and excavated near Tyre).