Karanis / toy spinning-top / Pigment / Wood
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.3324
- Object Name
- toy spinning-top
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Toys
- Length
- ;
- Width
- ;
- Height
- 3.7 cm;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;18g
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Dark brown. Good condition. Large side crack. Flat bottom incised with four concentric circles and central dot. Smooth, cylindrical body incised with three lines . Rounded top with knob paint.
- Unit Grid Number
- 5015
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- Archaeologies of Childhood: The First Years of Life in Roman Egypt
- Case 22 - Michigan Excavations BL Drawer Toys
- Exhibition Curator
- Wilfong, Terry
- Exhibition Year
- 2003
- 2010
- Publication Title
- Objects of Daily Use
- Publication Author
- Petrie, Sir W. M. Flinders
- Publication Year
- 0000
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.00.3324
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3324/dscn6152.jpg
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"Karanis; toy spinning-top; Pigment; Wood." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3324/dscn6152.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
