Glass ribbed bowl
Roman, Syro-Palestinian or Italian
Translucent purple with colorless streaks.
Plain vertical rounded and partly uneven rim; convex sides curving in to slightly concave bottom.
On interior, three horizontal grooves: one below rim, cut irregularly, the other two in a band around middle of body; on exterior, twenty-eight shallow ribs with flattened tops, set vertically or slightly obliquely, tapering towards bottom and ending at junction of side and bottom.
Intact; very few bubbles; some dulling, slight pitting, and numerous patches of iridescent weathering.
Rotary grinding marks on interior; some irregular tooling marks in plain band between rim and ribs on exterior.
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