Glass striped mosaic lens-shaped dish fragment

Roman

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Translucent amber brown, cobalt blue partially appearing grey blue and green, opaque yellow, white, and red, and colorless (?).

Upright, rounded rim; shallow, convex curving side.

Striped mosaic pattern formed from lengths of two composite canes laid side by side in parallel rows, both laid on a thick brown ground: one in blue layered with yellow appearing green, yellow, red, and grey blue stripes, and the other in white outlined in blue. A broad blue network cane with a white spiral thread is attached as a rim.

Heavily ground and polished on exterior, polished on interior; minor pitting and weathering of surface bubbles.

Glass striped mosaic lens-shaped dish fragment, Glass, Roman

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