Archaeology — Roman; AD 200-300
Bowl
The pattern is made up of hundreds of blue translucent petals bordered with white, set in what was originally bright red opaque glass. The dish is an extremely rare find both from Roman London and the western Roman Empire.
The dish was found in Prescot Street near Aldgate in 2009 during excavations in Roman London’s eastern cemetery. Along with a number of ceramic and glass vessels, it formed part of the grave goods of a Roman Londoner whose cremated remains had been buried in a wooden container.
The intricacy of the dish’s manufacture indicates that it was a highly-prized and valuable item. Over time, the bowl broke into many small pieces in the ground, but was held in shape by the surrounding soil. It has been painstakingly re-assembled by a conservator.
- Category:
- Archaeology
- Object ID:
- PCO06[1802]<281>
- Object name:
- bowl
- Object type:
- bowl
- Artist/Maker:
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- Related events:
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- Related places:
- Mediterranean
- Production date:
- Roman; AD 200-300
- Material:
- glass
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 228 mm, WT 512 g (object and support)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
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- Credit:
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- Copyright holder:
- digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
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- Creative commons usage:
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- License this image:
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