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Gold-Glass Bases, 4th century CE

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Gold-Glass Bases
Gold-Glass Bases

Gold-Glass Bases discovered in a Jewish Catacomb in Rome. These glass disks are bases of bowls or cups. They were embedded in the walls of catacombs as a mark of the deceased’s family.


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