Glass flask

Roman

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Translucent purple.
Rounded, slightly everted rim with hollow, folded flange below; cylindrical neck with slightly S-shaped profile and deep horizontal tooling indent around base; almost horizontal shoulder; squat bulbous body, curving in downward; small, slightly pushed-in bottom with central pontil indent.
On body, two uneven rows of pinched-out knobs.
Intact; some pinprick bubbles and prominent blowing striations; pitting, creamy brown weathering, and brilliant iridescence, with some soil encrustation on interior.

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