Primary Description:
Transparent blue glass with two small red inclusions, few bubbles; body blown in four-part mold, rim ground, handles applied. Two-handled cup with vertical side, sloping bottom and flat base; rim upright, unworked but ground flat; vertical side with decoration in two friezes: (a) on one side, tabula ansata with inscription "ENNIωN/ EПOIHCEN" ('Ennion made [it]'), in Greek flanked by vine sprays; on other side, tabula ansata with inscription "MNHΘH/O AΓOPA/ ZNω" (sic: 'May the buyer be remembered'), in Greek, flanked by ivy sprays; the two sides separated by colonnettes; (b) continuous zone of vertical flutes with rounded ends, with cordon above and below; sloping bottom with overall pattern of lozenges; flat base with five raised concentric circles on underside; two narrow strap handles attached to bottom and top of frieze (a).