Glass mosaic vessel fragment

Roman

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Thick-walled lid fragment.
Translucent honey brown and opaque white.
Rim with tapering edge, rounded at bottom; convex curving body forming dome, with chamfered band above rim; hole in body.
Spiral mosaic pattern formed from lengths of a single cane in a brown ground with wavy white threads.
Chipped around hole on upper side; dulling, pitting, and some iridescent weathering on both sides and edges.

Glass mosaic vessel fragment, Glass, Roman

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