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GL0389

"Hofheim" cup.

Glass.

Roman, 1st century AD.

Height: 7,4cm;
Ø: 7,7cm at rim;
Ø: 8,2cm maximum.

Condition: Intact. Sections of weathering crust, deposits, and iridescence.

"Hofheim" cup. Free blown pale green beaker with fire-rounded rim on a slightly conical body with flat base and a sharply pointed kick in the middle. These cups are named "Hofheim" after the military site in Rhineland.

Ex. Collection GP., nr. 49. Cf. Ritterling 1912, 365-6, forms 1-2; Isings 1957, 28-9, form 12.

Price: €uro 1'200.-

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