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A squat glass medical jar
the body with thick pearl iridescence, short neck with deep fold at rim -- 2¾in. (7cm.) high; a similar jar, the squat body with tubular neck, cream iridescence -- 2½in. (6.4cm.) high; another, pale green, with wide mouth and short constricted neck, yellow spotted iridescence -- 3in. (7.6cm.) high; a pale green phial, the elongated body with deep grooves around central swelling, the tapering base with attached pontil mark, flared at neck with inward-folded rim, slight speckled yellow iridescence -- 6 5/8in. (16.8cm.) long; and three others similar, smaller -- 5 5/8in. (14.3cm.) high, all 3rd-4th Century A.D. (7)

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See illustration opposite for items one and four

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