A rare, priceless Roman glass vessel known as a cage cup that was discovered in a cemetery in France has been conserved and restored

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  1. When archaeologists excavating a large third- to fifth-century A.D. cemetery in the ancient Roman city of Augustodunum (modern Autun, France) found an extremely rare and incalculably valuable Roman glass vessel in the stone sarcophagus of one of the city’s wealthiest citizens, they were stunned by its remarkable state of preservation.

    Though the cup was discovered in many pieces, its fragments were well enough preserved to easily make out its decorative patterns and to read its inscription, “VIVAS FELICITER,” or “Live happily.”

    Only 10 examples of this type of vessel, known as a cage cup, have survived from antiquity.

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