beaker
- Museum number
- 1868,0501.919
- Description
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Colourless blown glass beaker with cut figured decoration. The principal scene shows a man carving the Greek letter zeta representing the number 7 on a Nilometer, a round-topped column on which was recorded the year's flood of the Nile. On the other side a woman (possibly Isis) reclines before a temple.
- Production date
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150-200
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150 - 200
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 9.90 centimetres
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Height: 8.80 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- On display (G70/dc17)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1987 25 Apr-19 Oct, USA, Corning, Corning Museum of Glass, Glass of the Caesars
1987 18 Nov-1988 15 Mar, London, British Museum, Glass of the Caesars
1988 15 Apr-26 Jul, Germany, Cologne, Römisch-Germanisches Museum, Glass of the Caesars
1988 30 Sep-1989 6 Jan, Italy, Rome, Museo Capitolino, Glass of the Caesars
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1868,0501.919
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: DBH.1298
