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Object Name:

Bottle

Place Made:

Roman Empire

probably Eastern Mediterranean

Accession Number:

69.1.13

Dimensions:

Overall H: 20.2 cm, Diam (max): 14.8 cm

Location:

Not on Display

Date:

200-399

Credit Line:

Gift of New Hampshire Historical Society, by exchange

Primary Description:

Greenish, colorless glass with bubbles; blown. Globular shape body; rim uneven, rounded by reheating; neck tapers, then narrows and splays at bottom; base concave; no pontil mark.