Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment

Roman

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Rim fragment.
Translucent deep honey brown, cobalt blue, and opaque white.
Outsplayed rim with thick, rounded edge; straight side tapering downward; irregular tooling indents on neck between rim and rib on body.
Spiral mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in brown ground with white and blue threads in parallel horizontal lines; on exterior, one vertical rib with flattened top and rounded outer edge.
Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles and cracks on interior; dulling, faint weathering, and small patches of limy encrustation on exterior; some dulling on jagged edges.

Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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