A cup by Aristeas the Cypriot from Villa Bartolomea (Verona)

Abstract

In this paper, I will propose a re-attribution for a mould-blown Roman glass cup found in Villa Bartolomea, near Verona, and already published in the Corpus of Archaeological Glass Collections in Veneto as a cup of Syrian or Italian production. The decorative pattern of the cup can be compared to the one of a recently published glass cup found in the Augusteum of the Croatian city of Narona, which is marked by the famous glassmaker Aristeas the Cypriot, dated to the beginning of the 1^st century AD. Together with Ennion, Aristeas is reputed one of the finest Roman glassmakers, and is one of the few known by its name.