Cylindrical Cup with Mold-blown Inscription

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Cylindrical Cup with Mold-blown Inscription

Place of OriginProbably Syro-Palestinian, probably Sidon

DateFirst half of first century

DimensionsH (pres.): 2 7/16 in. (6.15 cm); Rim Diam (rec): 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm); Base Diam (rec.): 2 3/8 in. (6.0 cm); Max Body Thickness: 1/16 in. (0.22 cm); Max L: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm); Max W: 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm)

MediumPolychrome composite mosaic glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1923.412A-B

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Collections

Glass

Published ReferencesVillefosse 1904, pp. 278-280.

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

Harden, Donald B., Roman Glass from Karanis, University of Michigan Studies, Humanistic Series 41, Ann Arbor, 1936, p. 178, Group K1iiif and g.

Matheson, Susan B., Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CN, 1980, p. 53, no. 134. (erroneously cited as acc. 1923.411 (Cat no. 2)).

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, cat. no. 3, pp. 99-100.

Comparative ReferencesSee also Froehner, W., Collection Julian Greau, Paris, 1903, vol. 2, pl. 80, no. 9.