Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment

Roman

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Rim fragment.
Translucent honey brown and opaque white.
Rounded vertical rim with slight outward lip; side tapering downward.
Marbled mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in brown ground with irregular white threads and streaks; on exterior, shallow horizontal ridge below rim and broad vertical rib with tooling indents across top.
Polished interior; pitting of surface bubbles on interior; pitting and brilliant iridescent weathering on exterior, rim, and broken edges.

Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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