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Translucent yellow-green glass jug with spherical body, thin ribbon handle, thumb rest, and tall neck with rolled lip

Jug

Graeco-Roman

One-handled jug in translucent, yellow-green glass. flattened, spherical body, narrowing to base, narrow neck, flat ring mouth, ribbon handle applied to the shoulder and terminating at the rim (particularly elaborate at the mouth). Intact; some opalescent sheen and dirt accretions. Classification: C. Isings, Roman Glass from Dated Finds (Djakarta: Groningen, 1957), form 53. Comparisons: Metropolitan Museum of Art 74.51.133.

Glass

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