79

Bowl/Cup

Origin

Castro de Alvarelhos, Alvarelhos, Trofa

Material

Translucent glass of moss-green colour (2.56Y6/6), of medium quality, with elongated vacuoles and black impurities. Chemical analysis by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry – the sample corresponds to a calcium silicate glass, with CaO 11%, Mn 4%, Fe 3% and Ba 3%, and is free of lead and tin.

Description

Fragment of rim and upper wall from a bowl/cup of biconical profile. Thickened rim with a slightly introverted rounded lip. The decoration consists of two parallel trails applied near the rim on the upper part of the wall.

Classification and chronology

Isings 96/106 Type / Castro de Alvarelhos - Phase IV/V

Dimensions

Maximum diameter at rim: 93 mm; Maximum length: 18 mm; Maximum thickness of rim: 3 mm.

Deposit

MMAP [ALV. 93A, op. 218]

Bibli.

MOREIRA 1995a, 52-53, est. XXXIV, n.º19; 2007, 143, est. CXCII, n.º19