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Colorless, with pale greenish tinge.
Slanting rim folded out, round, and in; uneven funnel-shaped neck with slightly convex side and tooling marks around base; conical body with convex side; kick in bottom with faint trace of pontil mark.
Intact; few bubbles; dulling and faint iridescence on exterior, some soil encrustation and weathering on interior; one large loose lump of dried soil inside jar.
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Title: Glass jar
Period: Mid Imperial
Date: 2nd–3rd century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown
Dimensions: H.: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number: 17.194.103
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