Fragment with Greek Inscription

Object Name: 
Fragment with Greek Inscription

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Object Name: 
Fragment with Greek Inscription
Place Made: 
possibly Egypt
Roman Empire
Accession Number: 
61.1.10
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 6.2 cm, Th: 0.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
175-299
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass with pale yellowish-green fracture; blown, wheel-cut and engraved. Fragment, almost flat, from base of dish or bowl; decorated on the outside with a naked male, of which the torso, thighs and part of the right arm survive. The figure is composed of a series of deep wheel cuts, in which details have been engraved; to the right of the figure, when viewed through the glass, the name "OPE/CT/HC", Orestes, engraved in Greek capitals; to the right of the inscription, the edge of an unidentified motif with a straight vertical margin.

More Info

Department: 
Ancient
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1961-04-17
Category: 
Roman
Color: 
colorless
yellow
green
Technique: 
glassblowing
Material: 
glass
cutting
engraving

Exhibitions (1)

Glass from the Ancient World
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1957-06-04 through 1957-09-15

Publications (4)

Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, Volume One (1997) p. 241, #406; p. 370, #406; BIB# 58895
Beyond the Pharaohs: Egypt and the Copts in the 2nd to 7th Centuries A. D. (1989) illustrated, p. 119, no. 28; BIB# 24703
Glass from the Ancient World: The Ray Winfield Smith Collection (1957) illustrated, pp. 180-181, #365; BIB# 27315
Figurlich Geschliffene Glaser : Eine Kolner Werkstatt des 3 Jahrhunderts (1951) p. 13, #20; BIB# 29320