The Highdown Goblet is one of the stars of our extensive archaeological collections. This unique glass vessel was discovered during excavations of a post-Roman cemetery atop Highdown Hill in the 1890s. Associated with a male inhumation burial, the goblet has no direct parallels within the Roman empire, and was manufactured in either Alexandria or Antioch around 400 AD, with a Greek inscription which translates as ‘Use me and good health’

£200 Highdown Goblet

Reimagining Worthing Museum

The Highdown Goblet certainly has the wow factor! One of the stars of the archaeology gallery, this one-of-a-kind glass vessel was discovered at the top of Highdown Hill in the 1890s. We think it was made in either Alexandria (Egypt) or Antioch (modern day Turkey) around 400 AD. With your support we can find new ways to tell the 1,600 year story of the Highdown Goblet.

As a Highdown Goblet donor we’d love to invite you to a tour of the archaeology gallery ahead of reopening, and a private viewing of the Highdown Goblet with our Archaeology Curator James Sainsbury.