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bowl
(?)
Object Type
bowl
(?)
Museum number
1859,0618.4
Description
Fragment of bowl(?); glass; gilded decoration; a roll and letters.
Cultures/periods
Late Roman
Production date
3rdC-5thC
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Rome (city)
, catacomb
Materials
glass
gold
Technique
gilded
Dimensions
Length:
1.80 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
(645)
Vopel 1899 / Die altchristlichen Goldgläser
(464)
Howells 2015 / A Catalogue of the Late Antique Gold Glass in the British Museum
(p.14, p.20, p.25, p.30, p.31, table.1, p.32, table.3, p.33, p.34, table.4, p.35, table.5, p.37, table.6, p.132-145, p.138-139, p.139, pl.119, p.167)
(Cat.45)
Location
Not on display
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
1859,0618.4
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
OA.866
(marked on object)