Drinking cup

Description

Drinking cup of pale green blown glass with yellow tinge, 'carchesium' type decorated with six bands of wheel-cut lines on body: Ancient Mediterranean, found in Cyprus, Roman Period, early Imperial, mid 1st to early 2nd century AD

Museum reference

A.1921.108

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Drinking cup

Production information

ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN

Date

Mid 1st - early 2nd century

Style / Culture

Roman Period, Early Imperial

Materials

Glass

Collection place(s)

Cyprus, Southern Europe

References

Lightfoot, Christopher, ANCIENT GLASS IN NATIONAL MUSEUMS SCOTLAND, Edinburgh: NMS Enterprises Limited, 2007, p.77, cat. 162