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LOT 0159
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
ROMAN GOLD FOILED GLASS WITH INSCRIPTION
4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.19 grams, 25 mm).
4TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.19 grams, 25 mm).
Fragment of dark blue glass with applied gold-foil decoration: figural scene above a band of running scrolls; Greek script legend 'ЄΜΟΡΟΟΥ[...]'.
PROVENANCE:
From a European collection, 1970s.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Whitehouse, D., Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.2, New York, 2001, item 866, for type; La Magna & Annaratone, Vocabolario Greco-Italiano, Milano, 1966, p.794 s.v. μεἱρoμαι.
FOOTNOTES:
The fragment has a shallow curvature as if it was once part of a large drinking vessel. The Greek text 'εμορο ογ' appears to be derived from the verb εἵμαρται 'to be fatal' or 'to be destined by fate', so '[it was] not fatal'.
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