It's short for a 9.5" tall 5" diameter cylinder. A whole inch short.
That's the height of most of these large (5" diameter) cylinders I've seen, the short version is normally 7.5" tall.
It's only green in some places because the silverchloride has turned some clear glass amber over blue.
Mdina did NOT have green glass melted in a pot in the earlier days.
Mark's book does refer to it, but that was before it was discovered that the green things are MDG.
Yes I read all the thread, I do know these pieces quite well.
Flared rims came in after MH left, flared rims are late, as far as I'm concerned. I don't like them.