The Early Roman Glass Head-Shaped Cup from Callatis (Romania): A Reassessment

Abstract

A glass cup shaped as a human head with African features, found decades ago as part of the grave goods belonging to a disturbed Early Roman inhumation burial from Callatis (1st c. AD), represents the focal point of this paper. The intention of the authors is to re-discuss this find, so far unique for Romania, both from a technological and artistic perspective, in relation to similar finds from other areas of the Roman Empire.