Glass beaker with cut decoration, Late Imperial, 4th–early 5th century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown and cut, H. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm), Glass, Translucent pale blue., Vertical rim, cracked-off and ground flat, with bulge below; conical body with side tapering gently downwards; solid projecting knob on bottom., Wheel-abraded decoration comprising at top two broad horizontal bands of lines, enclosing Greek letters with a diagonal band of short lines marking the beginning and/or end of the inscription; at center, a broad frieze containing two bunches of stylized grapes suspended from a T bar and flanked by wavy ribbons, alternating around side with two eight-armed stars; below, two bands of two horizontal lines flanking a band of short diagonal lines
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Glass beaker, cut decoration, Late Imperial, 4th–early 5th century .D, Roman, Glass, blown, cut, H, 5 7/8, 14.9 cm, Translucent pale, blue, Vertical rim, cracked-off, ground flat, bulge, conical body, side tapering, gently, downwards, solid projecting, knob, bottom, Wheel-abraded, comprising, top two, broad, horizontal, bands, lines, enclosing Greek, letters, diagonal band, short lines, marking, inscription, center, broad frieze, containing, two, bunches, stylized grapes, suspended, T bar, flanked, wavy ribbons, alternating, side, two eight-armed, stars, bands, horizontal, flanking, band, diagonal
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