Glass needle 1st century Roman Translucent light blue, with opaque white rod, circular in cross section, tapering at one end to point, the other worked into two prongs to form the eye of the needle and then joined and drawn up to a head of the needle is decorated with an opaque trail, applied at point and wound spirally down, ending just below the , except for tip of the head of the needle; most of surfaces covered with thin whitish examples have been found in Roman contexts at sites spread across the entire Empire, their precise purpose
Glass needle 1st century Roman Translucent light blue, with opaque white rod, circular in cross section, tapering at one end to point, the other worked into two prongs to form the eye of the needle and then joined and drawn up to a head of the needle is decorated with an opaque trail, applied at point and wound spirally down, ending just below the , except for tip of the head of the needle; most of surfaces covered with thin whitish examples have been found in Roman contexts at sites spread across the entire Empire, their precise purpose remains unclear. They may have served as hairpins or, possibly, cosmetic applicators. They are unlikely to have been used as real Glass needle 239741
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