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Translucent very dark green, appearing black.
Everted, rounded rim; concave curving side to cylindrical body, then splaying out to rounded carination, below which it has a low convex undercurve; applied base ring; flat bottom, with central kick and pontil scar.
Intact; pinprick and a few larger bubbles; slight dulling and faint weathering.
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Title: Glass beaker (carchesium)
Period: Mid Imperial
Date: late 2nd–mid-3rd century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown
Dimensions:
H.: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Diam.: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.194.172
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