Glass cylindrical jug

Roman

Not on view

Colorless with blue-green tinge; trail in uncertain color, and handle in translucent pale blue-green.

Rounded, slightly upturned rim; board, funnel-shaped mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downward; sloping shoulder; cylindrical body with almost vertical side; off-center kick in bottom, with central pontil scar; broad, ribbed, strap handle, applied to edge of shoulder, drawn up vertically, folded in and down, trailed onto underside of mouth, and drawn up to just above edge of rim.

On underside of mouth, a single trail applied before handle and wound once around.

Intact; pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; some severe pitting, iridescence, and large patches of creamy brown weathering, with some soil encrustation around top and base of handle.

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