Corinth Object: MF 6980
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 6980
Title:   GLASS GOBLET WITH TUBULAR RING
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   6980
Description:   Goblet. Flat undulating foot, cylindrical stem, flared body with low tubular ring. Body broken off above ring, but breakage pattern suggests it continued to flare out. Made from three gathers of glass, one for base, one for stem and ring, one for upper part of body.
Material:   Glass, light blue, bubbles. Blowing spirals.
Condition:   Fragment. 1 fragment. Stem with part of base, no edge, and lower part of body. Highly iridescent surface, some pitting.
Manufacture:   Blown, three gathers
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.026; Diam. of body at tubular ring 0.032
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   11th to mid 12th cent (Weinberg)
Area:   Forum northeast
Context:   NB168 P133
Bibliography:   Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 723; Journal of Glass Studies XVII (1975), p. 138 fig. 24
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952
Monument: Forum northeast
Basket: NB168 P133
Notebook Page: NB 168, spread 78 (pp. 132 - 133)