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Translucent yellowish brown.
Thick, everted rim folded round and in; flaring neck with concave sides; elongated body; round bottom. One continuous mold seam around body, slightly misaligned.
Body molded into the shape of a wrinckled date, with pattern of short wavy ridges and hollows.
Intact; some bubbles and blowing striations; dulling, iridescence, and patches of whitish weathering.
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Title: Glass bottle shaped like a date
Period: Mid Imperial
Date: mid-1st to early 2nd century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; mold-blown
Dimensions: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.194.255
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