Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 2007 25a | |
Title: | ENGRAVED GLASS BOWL | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Year: | 2007 | |
Object Number: | 25 | |
Object Suffix: | a | |
Related Objects: | MF 2007 25b MF 2007 25c. See also 6 fragments left in lot. | |
Description: | Flaring convex walls with slightly thickened incurving rim. Slight concavity on interior surface below tapered lip. May belong with MF-2007-26 a-e, MF-2007-27, and MF-2007-28 on basis of profile. Shape generally similar to Isings 1957 Form 116, but with tapered lip and thicker wall/rim. | |
Decoration: | Engraved (wheel-cut) floral patterning on exterior surface. Pattern elements include single facets, curling tendrils, volutes with wheel-cut ovoid facet eyes, and short angled lines. | |
Material: | Glass, clear colorless, pale greenish tinge | |
Condition: | Fragment. Three frgts., preserving 10% of rim and walls. Iridescence and enamel weathering. Minor pitting throughout. Faint horizontal scratches on interior and exterior surfaces. | |
Manufacture: | Cast, Wheel-cut | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.040, W. 0.086 | |
Dimensions Restored: | Diam. of rim 0.270 | |
Period: | Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD) | |
Chronology: | [1st-4th c AC] | |
Area: | Nezi Field | |
Context: | Nezi Field, context 5135, LOT 2007 031 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Nezi Field Image: digital 2013 1240 Basket: Nezi Field, context 5135 |