Glass beaker with cut inscription
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.
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.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass beaker with cut inscription
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 4th century CE
- Culture: Roman, Syrian
- Medium: Glass; blown and cut
- Dimensions: H.: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915
- Object Number: 15.43.152
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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