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Translucent golden brown.
Thick, slightly inverted horizontal rim with beveled outer edge; convex sides curving in to slightly concave bottom.
On interior, two horizontal grooves cut in a band below rim.
Large chips with weathered edges in rim, but rest of body complete; few bubbles; deep pitting and severe weathering with brilliant iridescence.
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Title: Glass bowl
Period: Late Hellenistic
Date: mid-2nd–early 1st century BCE
Culture: Greek
Medium: Glass; cast and cut
Dimensions:
H.: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Diam.: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Object Number: 91.1.1359
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