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Roman glass unguent bottle
Fragmentary light blue piriform unguent bottle of nine fragments joined. The little bottle features a small everted horizontal rim with a fire-rounded edge, a cylindrical neck with slightly convex sides expanding out, showing tooling marks at junction, and a flat base.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
82.11H/12.3
Find Information
Site Name: Usk, Monmouthshire
Grid Reference: SO 3775 0049
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1973
Notes: from fortress latrine pit
Acquisition
Donation, 2/3/1982
Measurements
height / mm:96.3 (total)
diameter / mm:24.5 (rim)
diameter / mm:55.3 (body)
thickness / mm:1.5-4.3 (wall)
Material
glass
Location
Caerleon: Case 05 Usk Glass
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