Glass striped mosaic fragment

Roman

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Body fragment.
Translucent purple, turquoise blue and opaque yellow appearing green, opaque white, yellow, and colorless.
Convex curving side, partly flattened (on bottom?).
Decorated with parallel bands in pattern: yellow, purple with central white line, white, purple with spiral white thread, turquoise partly layered with yellow, yellow, purple with white line, and narrow stripes of colorless glass.
Pinprick and some larger bubbles; exterior polished, with pitting of surface bubbles and cracks; dulling and creamy iridescent weathering on interior and edges.

Glass striped mosaic fragment, Glass, Roman

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