Abstract
This article presents a glass assemblage of approximately forty artifacts recovered during earth-moving activities at a cemetery in ‘Akko. The assemblage spans the Hellenistic period to the second century CE and includes both early, distinctive objects and Roman-period vessels. The earliest finds comprise an ‘eye’ bead dating to the fourth–third centuries BCE, fragments of cast bowls decorated with external grooves and a small object interpreted as a possible gaming piece or inlay. The assemblage is dominated by Roman-period blown cosmetic bottles, including examples of the candlestick type, dating to the first and second centuries CE. Of particular significance is a rare cobalt-blue cast Hellenistic bowl decorated with densely cut concentric grooves, which may have been an imported luxury vessel or the product of a regional workshop. Although the finds lack secure stratigraphic contexts, they provide valuable typological and chronological evidence for Hellenistic and Roman glassware from ‘Akko.
Keywords
Late Hellenistic–Roman period, burial gifts, glass vessels, glass ‘eye’ beads, glass inlay or gaming piece, cast grooved bowls, cosmetic bottles, candlestick bottles
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Recommended Citation
Katsnelson, N.
2026.
‘Akko, Ne’ot Yam: The Glass Finds.
Qadum: Journal of Excavation Reports from Israel 2:1–12.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/3078-8528.1087
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