Bowl

Bowl

Glass

Broad shallow bowl (Isings form 3). Thick transparent aqua tinged (colourless) glass. Upright rim with heavy rounded edge; convex curving sides; flat bottom. On the exterior, 42 shallow, uneven width, close-set ribs arranged near vertically on the body; the ribs begin short of the rim and are formed with a pronounced thickness that gradually tapers to conclusion at the basal angle. On the mid interior wall circumference, a possible narrow (3mm) wheel cut band. Three small inclusions in walls. Thin ring of bubbles - of bowl height from bottom.

Roman, from Syria

Gift of Dr J Tranberg, Hill End, 1991

AD 1 - 100

91.016

Gift of Dr J Tranberg, Hill End, 1991.
Acquired by Dr J Tranberg, Hill End, from Antiquities and Ethnographica Society, Adelaide, 24/08/1974.