Glass short-strip mosaic bowl fragment.

Roman

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Rim fragment.
Translucent purple, greyish blue, layered blue green appearing yellow green, opaque white, yellow, and brick red, and colorless.
Vertical rim with rounded edge; side slanting downward and curving in at bottom.
Short-strip mosaic pattern formed from rectangular lengths in white, green, and red; a strip in blue with a white spiral thread, and a square in a purple ground with a checkerboard pattern of five white rods; a colorless cane wound spirally with a double yellow thread is attached as a rim.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering on interior, edge of rim, and jagged edges.

Glass short-strip mosaic bowl fragment., Glass, Roman

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