Cup, 1st Century BCE-2nd Century CE
Limestone: chiseled and lathe-turned
2 3/4 x 2 3/8 in. (7 x 6 cm.)
Gift of the Betty and Max Ratner Collection
1981-55 ' ; $object_caption = 'Cup, 1st Century BCE-2nd Century CE
Limestone: chiseled and lathe-turned

1981-55 ' ; $object_summary = 'Limestone vessels with one or two handles and a spout were fairly common in Palestine during the Early and Middle Roman Periods, probably because stone could not be made impure. Ceramic vessels, on the other hand, which went unglazed at the time, seemed vulnerable to impurity due to their porous surfaces.

Currently on view in the Permanent Exhibition.'; ?>