Corinth Object: MF 1250
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 1250
Title:   BLUE GLASS BEAKER
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   1250
Description:   Beaker with vivid blue coloring (copper-based?). Outward-splaying rim.
Decoration:   Horizontal striations and decorative horizontal ridges on outer surface.
Material:   Blue glass.
Condition:   Fragment. Preserving large piece. Iridescent corrosion.
Manufacture:   Probably mold blown
Period:   Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD)
Chronology:   2nd c. CE parallels in terra sigillata, according to Corinth 12
Findspot Description:   Roman fill southwest of Odeion cavea.
Bibliography:   Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 640, p. 101
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: bw 3985
Notebook Page: NB 101, spread 39 (pp. 66 - 67)