| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | MF 9506 | |
| Title: | MOLD-BLOWN RIBBED GLASS BOWL | |
| Category Code: | MF | |
| Object Number: | 9506 | |
| Description: | Base of a shallow bowl(?). Flat on exterior resting surface with faint trace of annular pontil (Diam. 0.02) and center ovoid depression (L. 0.008). Interior has convex bump. Sides beginning to curve upward; shape of body and rim unknown. | |
| Decoration: | Mold blown, shallow and closely set ribs radiating outward from central point. Lack of exact symmetry may suggest was redipped in mold of continued to be formed after insertion in mold. | |
| Material: | Glass, clear pale green. Few pinprick-medium bubbles. Blowing striations. | |
| Condition: | Fragment. 1 fragment. Body sherd from base, no edges. Iridescent silver flakes and brown weathering. | |
| Manufacture: | Mold-blown | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.05, W. 0.043, Th. at center 0.0057 | |
| Period: | Roman | |
| Chronology: | Cf. Agora XXXIV #319 with similar formation technique but different pattern, dated broadly to 4th century on comparanda | |
| Area: | South Stoa middle | |
| Context: | NB161 P48 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: South Stoa middle Basket: NB161 P48 |
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