Karanis / cuirass fragments / Leather/hide / Pigment

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.3631
Object Name: cuirass fragments
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis)
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Armor
Materials: Leather/hide; Pigment
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Military armor breastplate (cuirass). Leather (Karanis Revealed, Wilfong).
Verbatim Date: 3rd - 4th C AD
Unit Grid Number: 0193
Component/Room: 00A
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Karanis: An Egyptian Town in Roman Times; Conserving Antiquity
Exhibition Curator: Berlin, Andrea; Royer, Jacqueline; Davis, Suzanne L.; Chemello, Claudia
Exhibition Year: 1983
Publication Title: Karanis Revealed: Discovering the Past and Present of a Michigan Excavation in Egypt
Publication Year: 2014
Class Title: The Archaeology of Bling; World Before 1492
Class Instructor: Quinn, Colin; Cipa, Erdem
Class Department: Anthropology; History
Class Number: 296.01; 239
Class Year: 2014; 2015
Class Semester: Spring; Fall
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.3631
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3631/dscn9386.jpg

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Full citation: "Karanis; cuirass fragments; Leather/hide; Pigment." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3631/dscn9386.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.