Glass flask

Roman

Not on view

Colorless.
Flaring, solid rim with rounded ridge on outer edge; concave neck joining imperceptibly with sloping sides of body; concave bottom.
Wheel-abraded decoration in three groups of horizontal bands; two parallel lines 1.95 and 2.1 cm below rim, two broader parallel lines 8.4 and 9.0 cm below rim, and two narrowm parallel lines 0.9 and 0.85 above bottom.
Intact; few bubbles, but one or two gritty inclusions; patches of iridescence and enamel-like weathering.

Glass flask, Glass, Roman

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