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Knocked-off, vertical rim; narrow, flaring neck; convex-curving body, expanding downward, then then in sharply to low foot; integral, tubular base ring; concave bottom.
On body, two parallel, horizontal wheel-abraded lines below neck; four large triangular indents in side, forming a square shape.
Intact; many bubbles; some deep pitting, iridescence, and creamy weathering.
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Title: Glass indented jar
Period: Mid Imperial
Date: 2nd–3rd century CE
Culture: Roman
Dimensions: Height: 3 11/16 in. (9.3 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Elias Kempner, 1934
Object Number: 34.132.31
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