Glass beaker with cut inscription

Roman, Syrian

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent pale yellow green.

Uneven knocked-off rim with slight bulge below; ovoid body with convex side and round bottom.

On body, three registers of decoration: at top, a band comprising two thick horizontal wheel-abraded lines between which is a zigzag pattern with twenty-one upward triangles; around middle, a wheel-abraded inscription reading ΠΙΕ ΖΗCΗC; below, a narrower band comprising two thick horizontal wheel-abraded lines between which is a pattern of close-set diagonal lines.

Intact; pinprick bubbles; heavy pitting and brilliant iridescent weathering on exterior.

Around the cup is engraved a Greek inscription that reads: Drink so that you might live.

Glass beaker with cut inscription, Glass, Roman, Syrian

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