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Roman glass oil flask
Rim, neck and handle fragment of a small, thin-walled oil flask. Blue-green glass, very bubbly and streaky with patches of whitish iridescence. Rim and neck irregular and roughly made. The rim is folded outwards, upwards and inwards; with two 'dolphin' handles, one now partly missing.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
81.79H/27.58
Find Information
Site Name: Caerleon Fortress Baths, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1978-1979
Notes: From the site of the frigidarium at the baths, Drain Group 4.
Acquisition
Donation, 6/8/1981
Measurements
diameter / mm:24.0 (rim)
height / mm:18
Material
glass
Location
Caerleon: Case 15 Health and Leisure
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