Glass jug. Culture: Roman. Dimensions: H.: 6 in. (15.2 cm). Date: mid-1st century A.D..Colorless with pale blue green tinge; handle in same color.Rim folded out, down, up, and out, forming a downward flange and stepped profile; short cylindrical neck with faint horizontal tooling marks around base; piriform body, with slight horizontal bulge at point of greatest diameter; low integral foot ring, concave bottom; rod handle attached to top of body with long tail extending down side and pinched to form nine semicircular projections, drawn up, out, and round in a curve, and trailed on to top of neck and outer edge of rim with vertical, flat thumb-rest.Intact; few bubbles; dulling, iridescence, and thick creamy brown weathering, with small areas of soil encrustation. Inside bottle, numerous solidified lumps of earth. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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