Gold-glass fragment with beardless bust of Christ with Latin inscription

Details

• Title

  Gold-glass fragment with beardless bust of Christ with Latin inscription

• Associated place

  Europe › Italy › Lazio › Metropolitan City of Rome Capital › Rome (place of purchase)

• Date

  325 - 400

• Material and technique

  gold; glass

• Object type

  container › vessel › drinking-vessel › drinking-glass

• Dimensions

  6.6 cm (length)
  5.5 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased with the aid of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Art Fund, V&A Fund, Patrons of the Ashmolean, the Friends of the Ashmolean, the Young Friends of the Ashmolean, and Mr James Fenton, 2007.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 30 | Mediterranean World

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN2007.8

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