A bright turquoise glass jar, the squat rounded body with short neck and everted inward-folded rim, some iridescence -- 2in. (5.1cm.) high; and a core-formed glass alabastron, the body of blue glass with white and yellow marvered feathering and spirals around the neck, twin lug handles and everted rim -- 4in. (10.1cm.) high, both 2nd-1st Century B.C. (2)
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A bright turquoise glass jar, the squat rounded body with short neck and everted inward-folded rim, some iridescence -- 2in. (5.1cm.) high; and a core-formed glass alabastron, the body of blue glass with white and yellow marvered feathering and spirals around the neck, twin lug handles and everted rim -- 4in. (10.1cm.) high, both 2nd-1st Century B.C. (2)
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