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Accession_Number 91.11.3
Shape Bottle
Shape_description
Material Glass
Fabric Perhaps Roman
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Shape similar to 91.11.1, but bottom flare more cushion-shaped. Mouth slightly flared out, narrow flat rim, off centre. Lengthwise striations in glass, some becoming riven. Iridescent transparent glass, some blackening near top of neck. Slight incrustation.
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Condition
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Provenance
Period
Date 1-3 c. AD (?)
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Artist
Attribution
Image

2005.02.0225.jpg
Front view of a perhaps Roman bottle.

2005.02.0226.jpg
Front view of a perhaps Roman bottle on its side, showing the base.

2005.02.0227.jpg
Front view of a perhaps Roman bottle on its side, showing the flared mouth.

2006.20.0017.jpg

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Beazley_DB
Height of bottle: 11.5 cm; Diam. base: 4 cm; Diam. mouth: 3.2 cm
Diameters
Handle_height
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Location 1.1.1
Edited_by Joana Varela; Jasmin Payne
Date_edited 05.04.2017; 24.07.2018
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