Glass beaker

Roman

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Translucent pale blue green; trails in uncertain color, possibly opaque white.
Rounded, thickened, and flaring rim; slender body with straight side tapering downward, then curving in to thick, integral, tubular base resembling a flat disk; central kick in bottom, and off-center pontil scar.
Two bands of fine trails in relief: one below rim wound eight times around in a spiral, the other on lower body wound six times around in a spiral; both have a large, projecting pad at end of trail, on the upper band at bottom and on the lower band at top.
Intact; many pinprick bubbles and blowing striations, one impurity in body, other tiny knobby projections in trails; pitting of trails, iridescence, and creamy weathering on vessel, with slight soil encrustation on interior.

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