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Cup or Bowl (Fragment)

Cup or Bowl (Fragment)

 
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Object Name: 
Cup or Bowl (Fragment)
Department
Ancient
Category
Roman
Place Made: 
Roman Empire
Date: 
300-399
Color
AAT
yellowish green
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 5.3 cm; Footring H: 4.7 cm, W: 4.3 cm; Wall Th: 0.1 cm
Accession Number: 
59.1.277
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Almost colorless glass, with yellowish green fracture, gold; blown, applied, gilded. Cup or bowl: fragment comprising base and very small part of lower wall. Bottom of wall tapers at very shallow angle; base flat, with thin, carefully applied footring and similar concentric ring (D. 1.8 cm) at center, surrounding very small boss. On outside of wall, at highest surviving point, minute trace of applied element. Underside of base bears Greek inscription arranged in circle between footring and inner ring, and intended to be read from inside: sigma, omega, tau, eta, rho theta, epsilon, omicron, upsilon upsilon, iota, omicron, sigma, soter theou huios, "Savior, Son of God" (all letters are correctly formed capitals; sigma consists of straight lines). Inside inner ring, two fish, head to head, with heads and tails touching. Inscription and outlines of fish appear shiny and relatively unpitted; background appears dull, with traces of gilding.
Provenance
Smith, Ray Winfield, Source to 1959-07-27
Glass from the Ancient World
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1957-06-04 through 1957-09-15

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