Glass jug with indented sides

Roman

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Translucent honey yellow; handle and trails in pale blue green.
Rounded rim; broad, flaring mouth; slightly conical neck, expanding at base to collar; sloping shoulder; body with convex-curving side tapering downward to thick round bottom with large pontil scar; broad strap handle with shallow irregular ribbing on exterior attached to top of body, drawn up vertically, folded in, and trailed onto underside of mouth over trail decoration, ending at rim.
Single horizontal trail around underside of mouth; another trail, slightly overlapping would around lower neck; close-set ribs on shoulder and body, slanting down from right to left and becoming fainter towards bottom; on upper body, ten deep vertical indents.
Intact; some large elongated bubbles; dulling, iridescence, and patches of limy encrustation.

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