Glass cup

Period:: Early Imperial

Date:: 1st century A.D.

Culture:: Roman

Medium:: Glass; blown and cut

Dimensions:: H.: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm)
Diam.: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)

Classification:: Glass

Credit Line:: Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915

Accession Number:: 15.43.227

Not on view

Translucent pale green.
Uneven, knocked-off rim; almost cylindrical body with slightly convex side, curving in to flat bottom.
Three evenly-spaced thick horizontal grooves on body, uppermost immediately below rim.
Intact; some bubbles; pitting, brilliant iridescence, and small patches of creamy weathering on exterior; thick creamy weathering and brilliant iridescence on interior.

Said to be from near Nazareth, Israel

Timelines
Italian Peninsula, 1-500A.D.

Department

Greek and Roman Art (17,243)

Object Type / Material

Cups (3,626)

Drinking vessels (5,769)

Glass (22,597)

Geographic Location

Roman Empire (5,651)

Date / Era

A.D. 1–500 (6,419)

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