TimeTravelRome, 3 months ago to Archaeology

🪔 For eyes pleasure: three roman glass vessels dated to the 1st-3rd cc AD, now on dispay in the Romanité Museum of Nîmes. 📸 me

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itnewsbot, 8 months ago to Archaeology

Ancient Roman “wow glass” has photonic crystal patina forged over centuries - Enlarge / Microscopic view of photonic crystals on the surface of ancie... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1968934 #materialsscience #photoniccrystals #structuralcolor #archaeology #romanglass #science #physics #optics #glass

Chapps, 10 months ago to Archaeology

Because one can never get enough of ancient #RomanGlass, Here's two 1st c. BCE ribbed glass 'rippenschale' bowls with white trails, one cobalt blue, the other burgundy.

Probably made in the eastern Mediterranean. #GettyVilla #archaeology #romanarchaeology

Roman cast translucent purple rippenschale drinking bowl with spiraling white glass decoration combed around the ribs. The bowl has a slightly flaring rim. Getty Villa Museum. Photo: my own

Chapps, 10 months ago to random

A seriously difficult piece of ancient glass to photograph properly. This small 3rd-4th
c. CE Roman glass vessel has thirteen handles. Some residue remains inside, and it probably came from a tomb somewhere in the eastern Mediterranean. #GettyVilla #ancientglass #RomanGlass