Glass Slab
This raw slab of deep blue glass was found with several other glass slabs in the Monastery. It was possibly intended to be cut into tesserae for mosaic decoration.
Provenience: East side of Room A in the Monastery of Lady Mary (Cemetery North 270)
Date: 550-600 CE
Height: 9 cm
Width: 11 cm
Object Number: 31-50-125
Further Reading:
Fitzgerald, Gerald M. A Sixth Century Monastery at Beth-Shan. Philadelphia: University Museum, 1939.