Glass bowl, Late Imperial, 3rd–4th century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown and cut, H. 1 in. (2.5 cm), Glass, Colorless. Vertical rim, knocked off and ground; shallow body curving in to flat bottom. Wheel-cut decoration on exterior: below rim, band of 23 horizontal oval facets, alternating with and flanked above and below by pairs of smaller, rice-shaped grooves; occupying most of side, zone of four overlapping rows of vertical facets, becoming progressively thinner towards the bottom; on bottom, hexagon, outlined with a single, long groove on each side and containing a pattern of six pentagonal facets around a central pentagonal facet
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Glass bowl, Late Imperial, 3rd–4th century .D, Roman, Glass, blown, cut, H, 1, 2.5 cm, Colorless, Vertical rim, knocked off, ground, shallow body curving, flat bottom, Wheel-cut decoration, exterior, rim, band, 23 horizontal, oval, facets, alternating, flanked, pairs, smaller, rice-shaped grooves, occupying, side, zone, four overlapping, rows, vertical facets, becoming progressively, thinner, towards, bottom, hexagon, outlined, single, long groove, containing, pattern, six pentagonal, central, facet
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