A group of twelve Roman glass vessels, including a translucent pale green glass juglet, the cylindrical body with vertical ribs, the flaring neck with inward-folded lip and trailed amber glass handle attached to rim and shoulder -- 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high, a pale green trefoil-lipped oinochoe, with inward-folded lip, the squat globular body with kicked-in base and applied handle, slight iridescence -- 4¾in. (12cm.) high, a bluish-green jar, the rounded body with twin applied handles -- 2 3/8in. (6cm.) high, a pale glass unguentarium with everted rim, the elongated body with swelling centre -- 7 3/8in. (18.8cm.) long, and another, the cylindrical body with pinched vertical ribbing -- 4 3/8in. (11.2cm.) high, all circa 1st-4th Century A.D. (12)
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A group of twelve Roman glass vessels, including a translucent pale green glass juglet, the cylindrical body with vertical ribs, the flaring neck with inward-folded lip and trailed amber glass handle attached to rim and shoulder -- 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high, a pale green trefoil-lipped oinochoe, with inward-folded lip, the squat globular body with kicked-in base and applied handle, slight iridescence -- 4¾in. (12cm.) high, a bluish-green jar, the rounded body with twin applied handles -- 2 3/8in. (6cm.) high, a pale glass unguentarium with everted rim, the elongated body with swelling centre -- 7 3/8in. (18.8cm.) long, and another, the cylindrical body with pinched vertical ribbing -- 4 3/8in. (11.2cm.) high, all circa 1st-4th Century A.D. (12)
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