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Colorless with pale blue green tinge.
Shaped like the knucklebone of a sheep or goat. Solid; mold seam barely visible at one end.
Intact; pinprick bubbles; dulling, severe pitting, and patches of iridescent weathering.
Colorless glass representation of a small knucklebone.
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Title: Glass astragalus (knucklebone)
Period: Hellenistic or Early Imperial
Date: ca. 225 B.C–75 CE
Culture: Greek or Roman
Medium: Glass; cast in a two-part mold
Dimensions: H.: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881
Accession Number: 81.10.161
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