Inscribed Cup | Yale University Art Gallery

1st century A.D.

On view, 1st floor, Dura-Europos

Medium: Mold-blown glass, transparent yellowish green
Dimensions: 3 1/16 × 2 13/16 in. (7.8 × 7.2 cm)
Credit Line: Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Bequest of Mrs. William H. Moore
Accession Number: 1955.6.67
Culture: Eastern Mediterranean, Syrian (?)
Period: Roman
Classification: Containers
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Provenance

Said to have been found at Homs, Syria; Khayat, 1922.
Described in 2-6-1922 Khayat receipt.

Bibliography

Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg, Germany, Kunst der Antike Ancient Art, sale cat. (2013), 59, no. 123

Richard A. Grossmann, Ancient Glass: A Guide to the Yale Collection (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2002), 32, fig. 32

Susan B. Matheson, Ancient Glass in the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1980), 54, no. 135, ill

Gustavus A. Eisen, Glass: Its Origin, History, Chronology, Technic and Classification to the Sixteenth Century, 2 vols. (New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1927), vol. 1, p. 273, pl. 60c

Object copyright

Additional information

Inscriptions

In Greek: KATAZAIPE KAI EYIPAINOY (your very good health)

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