Karanis / tripod / Wood

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.3633
Object Name: tripod
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis)
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Lamp stands; Tripods
Materials: Wood
Length: ;
Width: 14.0 cm;
Height: 18.6 cm;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;274g
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Carved smooth wood. Three legs joined by double crosspieces on each side (one crosspiece missing.) All pieces have concentric circles - the crosspieces additionally have gouges which may indicate their previous use as a weaving tool. Pieces joined by wooden pegs. An attempt made at restoration with glue.
Verbatim Date: 1st c. B.C. - 4th c. A.D.
Unit Grid Number: 0254
Component/Room: 00C
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Karanis: An Egyptian Town in Roman Times; Case 11 - Karanis House; Cosmogonic Tattoos; Art and Holy Powers in the Early Christian House (aka Urbana)
Exhibition Curator: Berlin, Andrea; Royer, Jacqueline; Wilfong, Terry; Cogswell, James
Exhibition Year: 1983; 2009; 2017; 1989
Publication Title: Art and holy powers in the early Christian house
Publication Author: Maguire, Eunice Dauterman; Maguire, Hentry P.; and Duncan-Flowers, Maggie J.
Publication Year: 1989
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.3633
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3633/dscn9759.jpg

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Full citation: "Karanis; tripod; Wood." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3633/dscn9759.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.