Glass modiolus (one-handled drinking cup). Culture: Roman. Dimensions: H.: 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm). Date: 1st century A.D..Translucent cobalt blue; handle in same color; blobs in opaque white and yellow; trail in opaque white.Rim outsplayed with rounded lip; broad sloping collar below, then curving in to cylindrical body, tapering downwards with slightly convex side; hollow folded foot ring at junction of side and bottom; bottom convex around edge but concave at center; two-ribbed strap handle, applied in an arched pad to upper body, drawn up and round in a loop, and pressed onto undercurve of collar.Trail wound around top of rim; surface covered with round and elongated blobs.Broken and repaired around rim and upper body, with patches of restoration and one remaining chip in rim; severe pitting, dulling, iridescence, and creamy weathering especially on white blobs and trail.Vessels of this shape are known in silver and pottery as well as glass. The shape resembles that of a measuri
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