To: wideawake
It seems Father Utro, who probably knows quite a bit about art, is not up to snuff on life in ancient Israel.
While glassware certainly existed, earthenware was far more common and stoneware wasn't any rarer than glassware.
That's what I thought - while glass was available, it was not widespread until later on (I maybe wrong and would love to be corrected if I am, but I didn't think glass useage was widespread in the Roman Empire during that time).
9 posted on
07/10/2006 1:50:18 PM PDT by
af_vet_rr
To: af_vet_rr
For the rich, glass was pretty common. In Pompeii, there have been find of complete drinking sets.
But I suspect that it was either a cheap clay cup or a stone cup.
36 posted on
07/10/2006 7:25:19 PM PDT by
redgolum
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