Glass bottle

Roman

Not on view

Translucent purple.

Rim folded out, round, and in, and flattened into broad, flaring mouth; slightly convex, lopsided cylindrical neck, tooled in around base, forming slight constriction on interior; uneven, slightly pushed-in horizontal shoulder; conical body, curving in at base; flat bottom, with traces of pontil mark at center.

Seventeen shallow but broad vertical ribs around body.

Intact; many pinprick bubbles; deep pitting, brilliant iridescence, and small patches of creamy brown weathering.

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