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Description: | Traces of coloured iridescence can be seen on this Roman bottle found in Cyprus. The short neck has a twisted design and a wide rim, while the base is slightly concave. All of the glass in this collection is Roman, of the first or second century AD. The great majority of the items were found in Cyprus and came to the museum in April 1888 as part of Lord Brassey's 'Cretan' donation. The vessels were blown into shape, this technique having been discovered in the first century BC. The manufacture of glass itself was first discovered in Egypt or Syria and dates back to at least 2500BC. The lustre apparent in some of the items results from burial and atmospheric change.
Flask traces of coloured iridescence short twisted neck wide rim. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Roman period Archaeology | Temporal: | 0040 - 0100
1st century (1-99) | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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