Unknown Roman
Cup

CultureRoman
Titles
  • Cup
Date193–235 AD
MediumGlass
Dimensionsheight × diameter: 5 × 3 1/4 inches (12.7 × 8.3 cm.)
diameter at base: 2 inches (5.0 cm.)

Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number31.103
Non exposé

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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
Provenance[Alauf, Baalbek, Syria]; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, by 1931; given to MFAH, 1931.
Exhibition History"Ten Centuries that Shaped the West," The Rice Institute for the Arts, Houston, October 15, 1970–January 3, 1971;
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, February 3–April 1, 1971;
Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, May 16–July 11, 1971.

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