Fayoum / fragment of decorative carving / Bone (Unidentified) / Ivory
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.3169
- Object Name
- fragment of decorative carving
- Lot
- Askren, David
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Length
- ;
- Width
- 3.8 cm;
- Height
- 7.8 cm;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;45.66 g
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Male figure faces right; right hand missing. Behind this figure is the evidence of another figure, possibly an apostle, holding a book in his covered hand. In the background there are arcades.
- Verbatim Date
- 6th C AD
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Fayoum
- Production Site
- site
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- Vaults of Heaven: Visions of Byzantium
- Exhibition Curator
- Talalay, Lauren
- Exhibition Year
- 2010
- Publication Title
- Elfenbeinarbeiten der Spartanike unddes fruhen, Mittelanters
- Festschrif... Gerke
- Koptische Kunst
- Elfenbeinarbeiten der Spätantike und des Frühen Mittelalters (REVIEW)
- Publication Author
- Volbach, W. F.
- Capps, Jr Edward
- Publication Year
- 1976
- 1962
- 1963
- 1956
- Type Category
- Ceramic
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.00.3169
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3169/dscn6502.jpg
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"Fayoum; fragment of decorative carving; Bone (Unidentified); Ivory." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3169/dscn6502.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
