Ribbed Bowl

MS5539

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5539
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Roman Period
Date Made 0-199 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Mould-Blown
Description

Mold blown light greenish glass. Sides ribbed to bottom. Inside are two bands of incised wheel decoration. Flat base. The shape and molded ribbing match type in use from middle of the 1st c. to end of 2nd, but these usually had marvered threads, sometimes barely perceptible on body.

Height 5.5 cm
Outside Diameter 11.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of Miss Lydia T. Morris, 1916
Other Number GL06 (Ancient Glass Project) - Other Number

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