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Roman glass oil flask
Rim, neck and handle fragment of a small, thin-walled oil flask. Blue-green glass with streaky surfaces and patches of whitish iridescence. The rim is folded outwards, upwards and inwards; with two thin 'dolphin' handles
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
81.79H/27.57
Find Information
Site Name: Caerleon Fortress Baths, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1978-1979
Notes: From the site of the frigidarium at the baths; Drain Group 4.
Acquisition
donation, 6/8/1981
Measurements
diameter / mm:19.0 (rim)
height / mm:15
Material
Glass
Location
Caerleon: Case 15 Health and Leisure
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