A ROMAN GLASS VESSEL BASE WITH GILT INSCRIPTION
A ROMAN GLASS VESSEL BASE WITH GILT INSCRIPTION

CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN GLASS VESSEL BASE WITH GILT INSCRIPTION
circa 4th century a.d.
Transparent pale green in color, the free-blown wide circular base from a large candlestick unguentarium with a short portion of the tapering neck preserved, the underside with a gilt inscription with five lines in Greek reading: "Here lies Anastasia, mother, and Esther, daughter, in peace may their sleep be, Amen," and one line in Hebrew reading: "Shalom," above a partially preserved menorah
4 in. (12.1 cm) in diameter
出版
Schwabe and Reifenberg, Ein Jdisches Goldglas mit Sepulcralinschrift aus Rom, in Rivista de Archeologia Cristiana, Anno XII, no. 3-4.