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Collection Item: Beaker

Basic info

Collection
Archaeology
Object name
Beaker
Object category
Roman
Description
Body fragment of a glass beaker. Colourless, facet-cut. Exterior ground to shape. Described in Eboracum as "Another import from a distance, though perhaps from Italy rather than Egypt, is a fragment of a colourless beaker with fine, deep facet-cutting of a type that seems to begin in the later 1st century and continues well in to the next.There are complete examples of the type from Locarno (Switzerland) and Curium (Cyprus) and fragments have turned up on other British sites eg Wilderspool (Warrington) and Caerleon. This piece was found 'in or outside the city walls' during the Railway excavtions."
Production date start
75
Production date end
150
Period
Roman

More info

Identification

Object number
YORYM : HG205.3
Number of objects
1
ID
9854

Physical Characteristics

Materials
Glass (Whole)

Find spot

Place
York

Production

Technique
Blown