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Mould-blown bottle with CHRESIMVS FECIT - ‘Chresimus made (this)’. The bottle is fragmentary with parts of the shoulder and body missing. With a small horizontal folded rim, the edge bent in to extend over part of the neck opening, and a D-shaped mouth (distorted by the upper handle attachment); a short cylindrical straight-sided neck, tooled at junction with flat shoulder; square sectioned body; and a slightly concave base. A broad angular ribbon handle with a central groove forming two wide ridges applied to the edge of the shoulder and attached to the neck and rim. Mould marks are visible on the sides of the bottle, especially near the base. There is a horizontal band of wear on the neck. Raised base design consisting of L-shaped or right-angle mouldings at the corners and four concentric rings, the outer pair containing a clockwise inscription. The inscription and three inside circles are distorted, the inscription having two superimposed impressions. There are wear marks on the base corner mouldings. Mid-1st century A.D.