Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment

Roman

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Body fragment, thin-walled.
Translucent deep honey brown and opaque white.
Convex curving side tapering downward to bottom.
Ribbon mosaic pattern formed from sections of a single cane in brown ground with irregular wavy white threads in parallel lines; on exterior, three vertical shallow ribs, fairly widely spaced, with rounded outer edges and ending around bottom.
Polished exterior; pitting of surface bubbles and small patches of creamy weathering on exterior; creamy iridescent weathering covering interior; some weathering on jagged edges.

Glass mosaic ribbed bowl fragment, Glass, Roman

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