Glass cinerary urn (olla)
Not on view
Translucent deep blue-green.
Broad, everted, tubular rim, made by folding out, down, round, and in, extending back to top of body, with beveled upper surface; globular body; deep concave bottom.
Intact; few bubbles; dulling, iridescent weathering, and patches of limy encrustation on exterior, slight pitting and iridescent weathering on upper part of interior.
Recorded as found in 1851, complete with a lead cover inscribed in cursive Latin in four lines:
IVLIAE MELLI-
DIS ET NAIDIS
MATRIS EIVS
OSS[a] COMMIXTA
"The mingled bones of Julia Mellis and Nais, her mother." The lead cover is now lost.
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