Glass bottle shaped like a date

Roman

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Translucent yellowish brown.
Thick, uneven rim, slightly everted and folded round and in; cylindrical neck, pushed down into body, forming hollow shoulder; uneven, cylindrical body; rounded but lopsided bottom. One continuous mold seam around body, extending to top of neck.
Body molded into the shape of a wrinckled date, but with pattern of more regular vertical ridges and hollows.
Broken and repaired, with six holes remaining in body; dulling, pitting, creamy white weathering, and brilliant iridescence.

Glass bottle shaped like a date, Glass, Roman

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