Bowl
Bowl
Place of OriginProbably Syria or Palestine
DateMid-second to early first century BCE
Dimensions2 1/2 × 5 7/16 × 1/4 in. (6.4 × 13.8 × 0.6 cm)
MediumGlass; sagged; rotary-polished on the interior, the top, and the outside of the rim; fire-polished on the rest of the exterior; cut on both surfaces.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.897
Not on View
DescriptionHemispherical bowl. Natural light green. Upright, thick rim with almost pointed edge, sloping diagonally inward; convex curving side; convex bottom. On the interior, two pronounced horizontal grooves cut in a band below the rim. On the exterior, three pronounced horizontal grooves cut around the center of the bottom.
Natural light green.
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B.C. to A.D. 50, Hudson Hills Press in Association with the Toledo Museum of Art, New York, 1989, cat. no. 219, p. 206, repr. (col.) p.183, drawing, p. 411.
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Mid-second to early first century BCE
First century BCE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
Late first century BCE to mid-first century CE
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