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Roman glass oil flask
Neck fragment of a blue-green thin-walled oil flask with two 'dolphin' handles. Decoration of trails spiralling down from the rim.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
56.214B/11.1
Find Information
Site Name: Bear House Field III, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1955 / Aug - Sep
Notes: Field adjoins the south-west side of the legionary fortress: 'B' material is from Building VIII. From the Civil Settlement.
Acquisition
Collected officially, 5/7/1956
Measurements
length / mm:60.0 (neck)
length / mm:40.0 (handle)
width / mm:23.0 (rim)
height / mm:20.0
Material
glass
Location
Caerleon: Case 15 Health and Leisure
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