Glass Bowl

3D Model

• Origin: Netherlands
• Date: 7th Century
• Material: Glass
• Capturing: Canon EOS 6D Mark II
• Processing: Agisoft Metashape Professional Software
• Created by: Yi Liu, Edo Zoons and Stephanie Kandathiparambil

This light green coloured glass bowl stems from the 7th century and was found in the town of Borgharen, Limburg, the Netherlands. It was discovered in a cemetery with graves from the early Middle Ages. The item is believed to hold great historic value through its relationship with Maastricht in these times, when it was considered a core economic area for the northern Gaul tribe. In one of the graves on the cemetery in Borgharen an old man was buried, together with this bowl, a buckle and different sorts of combat gear. A historically distinct inscription on the buckle found with the bowl likely tells us the name of this gentleman, ‘Bobo’, who was likely a wealthy and potentially powerful resident of the Maastricht area in their time.