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Translucent pale yellow.
Plain, rounded rim; broad funnel-shaped mouth; cylindrical neck, with tooling indent around base; globular body; pushed-in bottom.
On body, 4 horizontal bands of fine wheel-abraded lines.
Intact; dulling, pitting of surface bubbles, and faint iridescence on exterior, soil encrustation and iridescent weathering on interior.
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Title: Glass bottle
Period: Late Imperial
Date: 3rd–4th century CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Glass; blown and cut
Dimensions: H.: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number: 17.194.83
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