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Colorless with light green tinge, with same color trail and ribs.
Solid rim folded out, over, and in; short, concave neck; sides of body sloping out downward; pushed-in bottom with prominent pontil scar.
Slender trial wound three times around neck; eleven vertical, slightly slanting ribs of varying length on body.
Intact; some bubbles; little pitting and weathering.
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Title: Glass jar
Period: Late Imperial
Date: 3rd–4th century CE
Culture: Roman, Eastern Mediterranean
Medium: Glass; blown, tooled, and trailed
Dimensions:
2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm)
Other: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)
Diam. of rim: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.28
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