Glass jug, Late Imperial, 4th century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown, 5 11/16 in. (14.5 cm), Glass, Colorless with pale blue green tinge; handle in same color. Plain rounded rim with thickened, beveled fold below; broad, flaring mouth; slender, cylindrical neck with tooling indent around middle and expanding downward below; horizontal shoulder curving to join imperceptibly with large bulbous body; concave bottom; strap handle applied to shoulder, drawn up and out, turned in horizontally, drawn up and tooled to form pointed backward projecting thumb rest above, and then trailed on to rim and underside of mouth
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Glass jug, Late Imperial, 4th century .D, Roman, Glass, blown, 5 11/16, 14.5 cm, Colorless, pale blue green, tinge, handle, color, Plain rounded, rim, thickened, beveled fold, broad, flaring mouth, slender, cylindrical neck, tooling indent, middle, expanding downward, horizontal shoulder, curving, join imperceptibly, large bulbous, body, concave bottom, strap handle, applied, shoulder, drawn up, out, turned, horizontally, tooled, form pointed, backward, projecting, thumb, rest, trailed, underside, mouth
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