Glass beaker with victorious charioteer, Late Imperial, 4th century A.D., Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, Glass; blown and cut, H. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm), Glass, Colorless with olive green tinge., Vertical, uneven rim; body tapering downwards with slight convex curving side; rounded bottom., Below rim, a pair of conjoining horizontal wheel-cut grooves; another pair of grooves near top of body framing a wheel-abraded Greek inscription; below this, a wide band decorated with a quadriga racing to left towards two figures holding victory palms; behind the chariot is a building with three spires or gabled turrets and another palm; below the ground line, a band of wheel-abraded close-set diagonal lines and around the bottom another band of widely-spaced diagonal lines
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Glass beaker, victorious charioteer, Late Imperial, 4th century .D, Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, Glass, blown, cut, H, 4 1/4, 10.8 cm, Colorless, olive green tinge, Vertical, uneven rim, body tapering, downwards, slight convex, curving, side, rounded bottom, rim, pair, conjoining horizontal, wheel-cut, grooves, another pair, top, framing, wheel-abraded Greek, inscription, wide band, decorated, quadriga racing, left towards, two, figures, holding, victory, palms, chariot, building, three spires, gabled turrets, palm, ground line, band, wheel-abraded, close-set diagonal, lines, bottom another, widely-spaced
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