Glass octagonal bottle

Roman

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Colorless with yellowish tinge.
Cylindrical neck; horizontal but slightly pushed-in shoulder; octagonal body with vertical sides expanding slightly downwards, slight hollow in top of each side, and projecting ridge to edges on lower part of body; kick in bottom with pontil scar.
On bottom, Greek letters in relief arranged in a circle: ALEXANDROS in retrograde.
Complete body, but rim and most of neck missing; deep pitting, dulling, and some iridescent weathering on exterior, soil encrustation, thick enamel-like weathering, and brilliant iridescence on interior.

Glass octagonal bottle, Glass, Roman

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