Glass jug

Roman

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Translucent yellow green; handle and trail in same color.
Thick, rounded rim; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck with slightly concave profile; convex-curving side to body, expanding downward; thick, pushed-in bottom with central pontil scar; three-ribbed handle applied to upper body, drawn up vertically, then folded in and down on to side of mouth, and trailed off upward over trail to top of rim.
Around rim, single thick horizontal trail; on body, regular pattern of close-set molded ribs with rounded tops, slanting from right to left and becoming fainter towards bottom.
Intact; some very large bubbles and blowing striations; dulling, faint iridescence, patches of weathering and soil encrustation.

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