Glass ribbed bowl

Roman

Not on view

Colorless.
Slightly outsplayed rim with rounded edge; plain, slightly concave band around top of sides, then bulging outward before curving in sharply to concave bottom.
On interior, narrow groove immediately below rim, two concentric grooves around outer edge of bottom, and small broader circle at center; on exterior, eighty-three short vertical ribs of slightly varying length, with tops ground off, around middle of body.
Intact; pinprick bubbles; deep pitting and brilliant iridescence with patches of thick creamy brown weathering and soil encrustation on exterior, and most of interior also covered with weathering.
Rotary grinding marks on interior and on plain band around top of sides.

Glass ribbed bowl, Glass, Roman

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