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Roman glass flask
Fragmentary ovoid flask or large unguent bottle missing of part of the body and base. The flask present a horizontal folded rim with an edge bent out, up, in and flattened on top surface and inside the neck. The neck is cylindrical with tooled constriction. The bottle present a large convex body and a slightly concave base with usage scratches on the neck below the rim and on the base.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
82.11H/12.2
Find Information
Site Name: Usk, Monmouthshire
Grid Reference: SO 3775 0049
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1973
Notes: from fortress latrine pit
Measurements
height / mm:170.0 (total)
height / mm:112.0 (body)
diameter / mm:46.0 (rim)
diameter / mm:34.0 (body)
thickness / mm:1.0-3.0 (wall)
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