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Bottle with Greek Inscription

Bottle with Greek Inscription

 
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Object Name: 
Bottle with Greek Inscription
Department
Ancient
Category
Roman
Place Made: 
Roman Empire, Asia Minor
Date: 
300-399
Color
Greenish colorless
Technique
blown, wheel-abraded
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 10.2 cm, Diam (max): 7.4 cm
Accession Number: 
72.1.4
Location: 
On Display
Description
Greenish colorless glass with few very small bubbles; blown, wheel-abraded. Globular shape, with tapering neck, rim unworked; short neck which expands slightly towards body, with constriction at bottom; slightly concave base; no pontil mark; wheel abraded decoration: on neck, two horizontal bands, one below rim and other at mid-point; on body, four bands of decoration, from top to bottom: five groups of two or three short transverse slashes; lattice; Greek inscription in capital letters with double lines and prominent serifs: EYTYXI ("Good fortune"); short transverse slashes.
Inscription
EYTYXI
inscription
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Greek
Provenance
McKinley, Gawain, Source
1972

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Exhibitions

Roman Glass from The Corning Museum of Glass
Venue(s)
Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Library 1996-08-19 through 1997-01-10

Publications

Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume One (1997) pp. 265-266, #454; p. 376, #454; BIB# 58895

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