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bowl
Object Type
bowl
Museum number
1859,0618.3
Description
Fragment of bowl; glass; gilding much defaced; a beardless man wearing a toga and holding a short curved staff; in the field to right of head, is a wreath; round the figure and within a rectangular border is an inscription.
Cultures/periods
Late Roman
Production date
3rdC-5thC
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Rome (city)
, catacomb
Materials
glass
gold
Technique
gilded
Dimensions
Length:
2.50 inches
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Dalton 1901 / Catalogue of Early Christian Antiquities and Objects from the Christian East in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum
(604)
Vopel 1899 / Die altchristlichen Goldgläser
(72)
Howells 2015 / A Catalogue of the Late Antique Gold Glass in the British Museum
(p.14, p.20, p.26, p.30, p.31, table.1, p.32, table.3, p.33, p.35, table.5, p.39, p.40, p.57, p.60, p.61, p.64, p.65, p.69, p.114-131, p.119-121, p.119, pl.99, p.120, fig.23a-b, p.166)
(Cat.33)
Location
Not on display
Condition
The protecting glass has gone and the design is much worn.
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Sir John Charles Robinson
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Baneggio
Acquisition date
1859
Acquisition notes
Acquired in Rome from Baneggio.
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1859,0618.3
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
OA.862
(marked on object)