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Roman glass square bottle
Square-based green glass mould blown bottle with a circular neck. The handle was broken at the time of its discovery. It may have been a perfume bottle, but on discovery only contained a small amount of clay from its surroundings.
Source: Fox, F. 1848 Archaeologia Cambrensis III
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
31.78/10.2
Find Information
Site Name: Priory Garden, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Notes: discovered during construction work for railway line
Acquisition
donation, 19/2/1931
Measurements
length / mm:87
maximum width / mm:88
width / mm
height / mm:165
Techniques
Mould blown
Material
Glass
Location
in collections
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