Corinth Object: MF 2007 25a
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 2007 25a
Title:   ENGRAVED GLASS BOWL
Category Code:   MF
Year:   2007
Object Number:   25
Object Suffix:   a
Related Objects:   MF 2007 25b MF 2007 25c. See also 6 fragments left in lot.
Description:   Flaring convex walls with slightly thickened incurving rim. Slight concavity on interior surface below tapered lip. May belong with MF-2007-26 a-e, MF-2007-27, and MF-2007-28 on basis of profile. Shape generally similar to Isings 1957 Form 116, but with tapered lip and thicker wall/rim.
Decoration:   Engraved (wheel-cut) floral patterning on exterior surface. Pattern elements include single facets, curling tendrils, volutes with wheel-cut ovoid facet eyes, and short angled lines.
Material:   Glass, clear colorless, pale greenish tinge
Condition:   Fragment. Three frgts., preserving 10% of rim and walls. Iridescence and enamel weathering. Minor pitting throughout. Faint horizontal scratches on interior and exterior surfaces.
Manufacture:   Cast, Wheel-cut
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.040, W. 0.086
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. of rim 0.270
Period:   Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD)
Chronology:   [1st-4th c AC]
Area:   Nezi Field
Context:   Nezi Field, context 5135, LOT 2007 031
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2013 1240
Basket: Nezi Field, context 5135