Ribbed bowl
Ribbed bowl

On view

Ancient Mediterranean Art

Ribbed bowl,

ca. 50 BCE–ca. 50 CE

Eastern Mediterranean
Hellenistic Period to Roman Imperial Period, ca. 30 BCE–476 CE, ca. 323–30 BCE
y1930-8

Information

Title
Ribbed bowl
Dates

ca. 50 BCE–ca. 50 CE

Medium
Transparent light green glass
Dimensions
h. 4.5 cm, diam. rim 15.9 cm, diam. base 6 cm (1 3/4 x 6 1/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
y1930-8
Place Made

Eastern Mediterranean

Description
Fire-polished rim; shallow convex body; flat bottom. Mid-body decorated with eighty-one small, almost vertical ribs. On the interior, one groove incised at 2 cm. from center of floor and two grooves at 6 cm. from center. The ribs on the exterior are ground off at 1.4 cm. below the rim.
Culture
Mediterranean (Early Western World), Roman (style or period)
Period
Hellenistic, Imperial (Roman)
Type
bowls (vessels), glass
Materials
pressed glass
Subject
stripes

Purchased by the Museum in 1930 from an unknown source.

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