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Fragment of twisted rod
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Fragment of twisted rod

Place of OriginAncient Rome, Italy, most likely found at Rome
DateLate first century BCE to early first century CE
DimensionsL: 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm)
MediumGlass; tooled, with applied unmarvered and partly marvered threads.
ClassificationGlass
Object number
1980.1154Q
Not on View
DescriptionTurquoise-blue wound spirally with two narrow opaque white threads. Ten twisted rods, circular in cross section, all probably used as border decoration in wall or vault mosaics.
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B. C. to A. D. 50, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 670e, p. 370.

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