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Description: | An incomplete glass vessel of Roman, third century date (AD 200 - AD 300). Maximum diameter: 82.2mm. Weight: 26.41g.Two parts of a hemispherical cup that join together. The glass is colourless (with a slight greenish tinge) and is decorated on the outer surface with small randomly distributed pimple-like projections. These features were created whilst the glass was in a molten state. The base, which is slightly concave, has a number of sub-oval concentric striations which are related to the manufacturing process and a small pontil mark is visible on the base. The surface is weathered and has iridescence flaking.Three hemispherical cups with similar decoration came from burials in a cremation cemetery at Brougham, Cumbria, which was in use between AD 220/30 and AD 270/80 (Cool 1990. 170. fig. 1, nos. 2-4) and others have been found at the villa at Sparsholt in Hampshire and the fort at Wallsend, Northumberland. A beaker fragment, similarly decorated, has been found in archaeological excavations at Chilgrove, West Sussex (Down 1979, 163, fig. 56, ref. no. 6).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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