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Object Number:MS5518
Current Location: Rome Gallery
Currently On Display
Culture:Roman
Provenience: Egypt
Luxor
Period: Roman Period
Date Made: 2nd century
Early Date: 100
Late Date: 199
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Glass
Height: 14.7 cm
Outside Diameter:4.9 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Miss Lydia T. Morris, 1916
Other Number:GL19 (ancient glass project) - Other Number

Description

Long necked. Greenish, clear.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Classical World - Roman World (15 Mar 2003) View Objects in Exhibition
Roman Glass: Reflections on Cultural Change (27 Sep 1997 - 18 Jun 1998) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Catalogue, Exhibition] Turfa, Jean M., and Romano, Irene B., and Brownlee, Ann B., and White, Donald J. 2002. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 78, no. 113View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Fleming, Stuart J. 1999. Roman Glass (II): Reflections on Cultural Change.. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 68, fig. E.36(b); p. 139, pl. A.3View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] McClellan, Murray C. 1985. "To Play Properly with a Glass Ball: An Unusual Object in The University Museum". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 27. no. 2. pg. 41-43 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: fig. 2View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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