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Bowl
Egyptian, Karanis(?)
Late Roman Imperial or Early Byzantine (Coptic)
5th–6th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Glass, free-blown and engraved
Dimensions
Diameter: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number13.4291
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionA glass bowl with a thick hollow and outward-folded rim. The object stands on a truncated thick base. It is decorated with a band of engraved circles below the rim. Similar vessels are attributed to manufacture in late Roman- Early Byzantine Egypt.
Pale olive green. Intact
Pale olive green. Intact
ProvenanceBy 1913: Purchased of Service des Antiquités by the MFA.