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Object Name24 Wall Revetment Tiles

Made FromGlass

Date25 BCE-99 CE

TechniqueMosaic glass or millefiori technique

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number64.1.218

Credit LineBequest of the Estate of George S. McKearin

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Roman Empire

Physical DescriptionTranslucent green, translucent yellow-green, translucent blue-green and translucent grey-blue matrices with round canes of the same color cased with thick opaque yellow glass, all are dull and weathered; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Many fragments appear to be long, thin rectangular strips, three preserve opaque red and opaque white embedded randomly in surface, grey-blue elements have opaque white glass casing grey-blue circular canes.
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