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This object belongs to a distinctive group of glasses, each of which has at least three of the following characteristics: (1) the body was blown in a mold; (2) the foot-ring was formed by coiling a trail of molten glass; (3) if there is a handle, it is shaped like a wishbone and has a notched "tail" that reaches almost to the foot; (4) after it had been cracked off, the rim received no further attention; and (5) the glass is deep blue. Objects of this type were probably made in the eastern Mediterranean region between the mid-fourth and mid-fifth centuries A.D. About 30 examples have been published. Those with known find-places come from Syria, the Crimea, Sudan, and South Korea.