Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | MF 2007 28 | |
Title: | ENGRAVED GLASS BOWL | |
Category Code: | MF | |
Year: | 2007 | |
Object Number: | 28 | |
Description: | Flaring convex wall and thickened incurving rim, but lip damaged/warped. May belong with MF 2007 25a-c, MF 2007 26a-e, and MF 2007 27 on basis of profile. Shape generally similar to Isings 1957 Form 116, but with tapered lip and thicker rim/wall. | |
Decoration: | Engraved (wheel-cut) decoration detected, more clearly in lower half of fragment. Pattern of decoration includes curled volute motif and short angled wheel-cut grooves. | |
Material: | Glass, clear colorless, pale greenish tinge. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving part of rim and wall. Heavy corrosion, enamel weathering, and iridescence. Deep pits. Fabric is buckled/warped, perhaps due to fire damage (?). | |
Manufacture: | Cast, Wheel-cut. | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.050, W. 0.028. | |
Period: | Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD) | |
Chronology: | [1st-4th c AC] | |
Area: | Nezi Field | |
Context: | Nezi Field, context 5135, LOT 2007 031 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Nezi Field Image: digital 2013 1242 Basket: Nezi Field, context 5135 |