| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 7534 | |
| Title: | BYZANTINE RIBBED CUP | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 7534 | |
| Description: | Cup with cylindrical body, flaring slightly at top and bottom. Rim finished with applied coil of dark blue glass. On the sides, a mould-blown pattern of ribs, gradually fading into the surface toward the bottom. Concave bottom with ribs in relief. Coil base with same material as body. Note: in addition to original piece shown on inventory card, there are a bag of 12 frgts. whose numbers were removed in 1975 by GRDW; subsequently identified as MF-7534. Possibly a group of similar frgts. Given one inclusive number but not mentioned on inventory card? (In Corinth 12, p.144 refers to other frgts. From the factory.) Note: rim frgt. And base frgts. With significantly different decorations. Ribs on rim frgt. With thickened glass in between top of ribs; base frgts. Without. Rim frgt. With frequent bubbles; base frgts. Without bubbles, with one prunt. | |
| Decoration: | Base frgts. with one possible prunt between ribs near bottom. | |
| Material: | Pale blue glass | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Three joining frgts., on non-joining rim frgt. Nearly half bottom, complete profile to above ribs, below lip. Small portion of whole. | |
| Manufacture: | Mould-blown | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | 11th to mid-12th c, based on Corinth 12 | |
| Bibliography: | Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 746 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece |
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