Cone Beaker
MS4983
From: Israel | Nazareth (Israel)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4983 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Israel | Nazareth (Israel) |
| Period | Roman Period |
| Date Made | 0-399 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass |
| Technique | Blown |
| Description | Clear glass cup with some iridescence and seed bubbles. Flat base with concave pontil mark. Body flares out from base on lower 1/3, then becomes more cylindrical and straight to rim. On body just above change in incline of sides is a thin impressed line around body. Roughly 2cm above this line are two more parallel lines, and about 2cm above these is a fourth line where body meets rim. Rim flares out slightly and is turned upward to cut edge. |
| Height | 9.6 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 7.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Fr. Vester and Company, American Colony Store, Jerusalem, 1913 |
| Other Number | GL07 (ancient glass project) - Other Number | 1470 - Other Number |
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