| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 8802 | |
| Title: | MOLD-BLOWN RIBBED GLASS CUP | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 8802 | |
| Description: | Ribbed glass cup with straight, square rim, wheel cut and rough. Upper part of cylindrical sides have slight convexity. 8802d: Body more sharply convex. Could be from lower part of vessel as curves toward base, but decoration seems to be from higher area (though no good example of this type, such arches on both upper and lower body would be impossible to blow in mould). | |
| Decoration: | 8802a-c: Exterior: wheel cut groove at edge of lip and 0.01 below lip. Narrow (0.003) vertical ridges connected by shallow arches, spaced about 0.016 apart. 8802d: Vertical ridges connected by arches as above, but arches are much deeper, almost overhanging. Ridges irregularly spaced. | |
| Material: | Clear colorless glass. Common bubbles, blowing striations. | |
| Condition: | Fragment. 4 fragments, a and b joining. 2 rim (a, c), 2 bs (b, d). 8802d may belong to a different vessel based on curvature. Iridescent weathing covers most of surface | |
| Manufacture: | Mold-blown, wheel cut | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | 8802a-b: L. 0.043, H. 0.058, Th. of rim 0.002. 8802d: L. 0.054, H. 0.030 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | Diam. of rim 0.07 | |
| Period: | 1 st c. A.C. | |
| Chronology: | 3rd quarter 1st century AC. Cf. MF 1338 (Corinth XII #609). For date, see Agora XXXIV pg 44-45 (#83) | |
| Area: | South Stoa middle | |
| Context: | NB152 P183 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: South Stoa middle Basket: NB152 P183 Notebook Page: NB 152, spread 96 (pp. 182 - 183) |
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