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Ribbed Bowl

second half of the 1st century BCE-first half of the 1st century CE

Intact, ribbed bowl in translucent, cobalt glass. Rim flairs from a constricted shoulder; globular body with trail of opaque white wound around the shoulder and marvered into the surface; wheel-cut horizontal groove beneath the rim; narrow, vertical ribs have been tooled around the body.

Classification: C. Isings, Roman Glass from Dated Finds (Djakarta: Groningen, 1957), form 17

Comparison: Corning Museum of Glass 58.1.35

Period

Roman Imperial period, Early

Date

second half of the 1st century BCE-first half of the 1st century CE

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

H: 6.20 cm W: 10.60 cm

Medium

Glass

Findspot

Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Crete

Museum

Harvard Art Museums

Accession Number

1895.233

Image Source

harvard

Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)