Glass square bottle mid 1st–end of 2nd century Roman Translucent blue green; handle in same folded out, down, round and in, with broad, flattened upper surface; cylindrical neck, with slight horizontal tooling marks around the base; slightly indented horizontal shoulder with rounded corners; square body with flat sides slightly tapering downward; flat bottom; broad strap handle, combed at base, applied as a long pad to edge of shoulder, drawn up vertically, then bent in and down, and attached to neck with upward bottom, pattern in relief from base mold, comprising a cir
Glass square bottle mid 1st–end of 2nd century Roman Translucent blue green; handle in same folded out, down, round and in, with broad, flattened upper surface; cylindrical neck, with slight horizontal tooling marks around the base; slightly indented horizontal shoulder with rounded corners; square body with flat sides slightly tapering downward; flat bottom; broad strap handle, combed at base, applied as a long pad to edge of shoulder, drawn up vertically, then bent in and down, and attached to neck with upward bottom, pattern in relief from base mold, comprising a circle enclosing three large letters with serifs (N A E, but with N written in retrograde).Complete except for a chip in handle at base with cracks across handle and in one side of body; many pinprick and some larger bubbles, with one very large weathered bubble on inside of neck and shoulder, rim streaked with black impurities, and a few glassy impurities; slight dulling and pitting, thin patches of weathering, and faint jug with circular neck, of bluish-green glass, mark on Glass square bottle 245178
Size: 1768px × 1936px
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