Goblet

Goblet

Nicole Berlin is a graduate student in Classical Art and Archaeology. She received her BA in Classics and Anthropology from Northwestern University and has had a wide variety of experiences in the art world, from the excavation of a Roman villa at Chiusi to working on Egyptian archaeology documentaries in Rome. Nicole is a graduate intern at the JHUAM and has a particular interest in Roman wall painting.

Accession Number: JHUAM HT 1356
Measurements: Width: 6.3cm, Height: 10.6cm
Material: Glass
Culture/Date: Roman, 4^th-6^th c. CE
Provenance: Nazareth, Israel

This translucent pale yellow-green goblet has a hemispherical bowl with an everted rim and sits on a short, concave stem. The two parts of the vessel were produced separately then joined. Goblets did not become common around the Mediterranean until the 4^th century CE and the shape likely originated in the Eastern provinces. Some of the earliest examples of goblets have been found in Corinth from a deposit dated to around 300 CE. Finds in the Levant suggest that this shape was used there through the Islamic period.

Comparanda:
Isings form 111. Cf. Corning Museum 52.1.7 and Israel Museum 73.46.139.

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