Karanis / miniature rooster / Clay (unfired)

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.3751
Object Name: miniature rooster
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis)
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Miniatures
Materials: Clay (unfired)
Weight: 22g
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Subjects: cock
Verbatim Date: Late 3rd - Early 4th c. A.D.
Unit Grid Number: 0225
Component/Room: 00E
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Animals in the Kelsey: An Undergraduate Exhibit of Animals in the Ancient World; Archaeologies of Childhood: The First Years of Life in Roman Egypt; Case 22 - Michigan Excavations BL Drawer Toys
Exhibition Curator: Alcock, Susan; Wilfong, Terry
Exhibition Year: 2003; 2010
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.3751
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3751/dscn6156.jpg

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Full citation: "Karanis; miniature rooster; Clay (unfired)." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.3751/dscn6156.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.