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Colourless transparent glass; blown

H. 9 cm; rim diam. 6,5 cm; base diam. 6 cm

End of the I century AD


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Cylindrical beaker

Beaker with cylindrical body (form Isings f.30) made of colourless transparent glass with bluish hues. It has cut rim and the body is decorated with several horizontal, parallel lathe-cut lines; the base is flat and devoid of the foot.

Some examples are attested in Pompeii (House and Shop I.11.3) and Herculaneum. The type, known since Tiberian age, became very common in Campania and central Italy between the Claudian age and the end of the I century AD, subsequently remaining in use until late antiquity.