Glass mosaic fragment

Roman

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Translucent purple; trails in opaque white, yellow, and grey-blue.

Part of a thick slab, with one rounded edge and uneven top and bottom surfaces.

Wavy trails applied to top, fire-polished surface, extending onto rounded edge.

Surface pitting of pinprick bubbles and small areas of encrustation and dulling on top surface; dulling, pitting, and some reddish soil encrustation on bottom surface and jagged edges.

Glass mosaic fragment, Glass, Roman

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