This 1,700-year-old transparent blue glass bowl, a little more than eight inches in diameter, was found buried next to the woman at the center of the cemetery. Its Greek inscription reads: "Drink to live forever, for many years!" [Photograph by Arne Hodalic and Katja Bidovec]
“. The grapevine decorations have their role in the Christian Eucharist and Communion, but have their origins in motifs associated with Dionysus, the pagan god of wine and ecstasy.”
Sounds like they can’t decide, and chose the least Christian explanation.
Beautifully preserved. What a marvelous find.
It seems that possibly within a decade of her burial, her square chapel was demolished and a larger (30-by-40-foot) structure was built to enclose her tomb...
Maybe she needed a bigger place.
Incredible, beautiful image by the way.
Quite the find!
Interesting; Cast glass bowl with Greek not Latin inscriptions found in a slavic area once dominated by Rome.
I saw just like it at Walmart, it was made in China.....