Glass dish used as a lid of a cinerary urn

Roman

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Translucent pale yellowish green.
Rim folded out and down, forming collar around top of side; shallow side, bulging slightly downwards, and then turned sharply in to pushed-in floor; solid, low outsplayed foot ring; slightly concave bottom.
Intact; pinprick and a few larger bubbles; dulling, severe pitting of surface bubbles, and iridescence, with patches of limy encrustation around rim.
The dish was turned upside down and placed over the rim of the jar to form a lid.

Glass dish used as a lid of a cinerary urn, Glass, Roman

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