<p style='text-align: justify;'>Dark green, mouth-blown glass vase.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Green or bluish glass is one of the most distinctive products of Roman Period Egypt, used most often to create thin-walled vessels such as these. A native Egyptian sodium compound called natron –otherwise used to purify and dehydrate the corpse in mummification – was an important element in producing Roman Period glass.</p>