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Roman glass objects have been found across the Roman Empire in domestic, industrial and funerary contexts. Glass was used primarily for the production of vessels, although beads and other jewellery, mosaic tiles and windows were also produced in glass. Vessels deposited as cineraria and grave goods represent one of our primary sources of glass, and their recovery peaks in graves from the first century to the beginning of the second century, and again during the third century [1]. Roman glass production techniques and styles are known to have had influence outside the bound of the Empire, with early Imperial Roman glass objects recovered in India and Africa[2].
It is important to note that archaeologists draw a distinction between the production of raw, unshaped glass, and the working of this raw glass into finished objects[3], a semantic division which reflects the structure of the industry during antiquity[2].