Glass jug

Roman

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Translucent pale yellow green; handle in same color.
Broad tubular rim, folded out, down, round, and in, then pressed flat, forming a constriction to mouth; cylindrical neck, tapering slightly downwards, with tooling indent around base; broad conical body, curving in to almost flat bottom; broad strap handle applied to upper body, drawn out and upwards, then bent in at an angle, and pressed onto top of neck in a thick pad.
On body, 4 horizontal bands of fine wheel-braded lines.
Intact; some pinprick and elongated bubbles; dulling, iridescent weathering, and red brown encrustation.

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