Glass mosaic fragment

Roman

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Thin-walled body fragment.
Translucent purple, cobalt blue, honey brown appearing yellow, opaque white, and colorless.
Shallow convex curving side.
Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of four canes: one in a purple ground with a white circle and a central white rod; another in a brown ground with a white circle and a central white rod; a third in a colorless ground dotted with white rods around a white circle enclosing a blue ground with a central white rod, and the fourth in a blue ground with a white spiral or concentric white circles.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles on exterior; deep pitting and iridescent weathering on interior and edges.

Glass mosaic fragment, Glass, Roman

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