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Place of OriginRoman Empire, Eastern Mediterranean, Syro-Palestine
Date1st-2nd century CE
DimensionsH: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm); Rim Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Diam: 3 3/16 in. (8.2 cm)
MediumGlass; free blown, tooled
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.422
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DescriptionFree-blown cylindrical box made of transparent grayish blue glass. The vessel has very thin walls with a few small spherical bubbles. It features straight sides with a tooled fillet near the bottom and a shallow convex base. The rim is ground and has a tall, vertical lip with a projecting collar marking the transition to the base. The bottom is tooled to form a concave center with an open, pushed-out base ring. Two faint wheel-cut lines are present on the lip: one 2 mm below the rim and a second 1.9 cm below. The lid is missing.

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