Glass beaker

Roman

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Colorless with pale green tinge; trails in same color.
Outsplayed, rounded rim; tall body with slightly convex side, tapering downwards.
On body, decoration comprising four horizontal trails, one below rim, two others on upper body with a zigzag pattern overlaid between them, below this eight vertical trails that end where another horizontal trail runs around lower body; the vertical trails of two different types, one of a double overlapping pattern, the other of a row of pinched, rounded projections, alternating around body.
Broken and repaired, with large cracks and large part of lower body and whole of foot and bottom missing; a few bubbles; dulling, whitish weathering, iridescence, and limy soil encrustation.

Glass beaker, Glass, Roman

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