Glass beaker with cut inscription 4th century Roman, Syrian Translucent pale yellow knocked-off rim with slight bulge below; ovoid body with convex side and round body, three registers of decoration: at top, a band comprising two thick horizontal wheel-abraded lines between which is a zigzag pattern with twenty-one upward triangles; around middle, a wheel-abraded inscription reading ΠΙΕ ΖΗCΗC; below, a narrower band comprising two thick horizontal wheel-abraded lines between which is a pattern of close-set diagonal ; pinprick bubbles; heavy pitting and b
Glass beaker with cut inscription 4th century Roman, Syrian Translucent pale yellow knocked-off rim with slight bulge below; ovoid body with convex side and round body, three registers of decoration: at top, a band comprising two thick horizontal wheel-abraded lines between which is a zigzag pattern with twenty-one upward triangles; around middle, a wheel-abraded inscription reading ΠΙΕ ΖΗCΗC; below, a narrower band comprising two thick horizontal wheel-abraded lines between which is a pattern of close-set diagonal ; pinprick bubbles; heavy pitting and brilliant iridescent weathering on the cup is engraved a Greek inscription that reads: Drink so that you might Glass beaker with cut inscription 248928
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