Fayoum / Ostrakon / Ceramic / Pigment

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.4192
Other Number: O Mich 1, #0003
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Object Name: Ostrakon
Lot: Askren, David
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Ostraka
Materials: Ceramic; Pigment
Length: ;
Width: 8.2;
Height: 8.4;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;59.7g
Pierced: no
Inscribed: yes
Earliest Date: 100
Latest Date: 299
Verbatim Date: 2nd-3rd C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Fayoum
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Napoleon's Legacy: The European Exploration of Egypt
Exhibition Curator: Reister, Pamela
Publication Title: Greek Ostraca in the University of Michigan Collection: Part I, Texts; Napoleon’s legacy : the European exploration of Egypt. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology from September 26 to December 21, 1984.
Publication Author: Amundsen, Leiv
Publication Year: 1935; 1984
Class Title: College Writing; Greek Life; Inscribing Power: Language and Writing in the Ancient World (F2018); The World Before 1492 (F2018); The Rise and Fall of Mediterranean Civilizations (F2018); The Mediterranean (W2019); The Ancient Roman World (W2019); Object Theory: The Secret Life of Things (W2019); The Globalized Ancient World (F2019); The Rise and Fall of Mediterranean Civilizations (F2019); The "Antiques Road Show" Comes to Tappan Hall: The Fascinating Lives of Things (F2019); Tours of the Past (W2020); The World Before 1492 (W2020); The Destruction of Art (W2020); Tours of the Past (W2022); The Archaeology of the Roman Provinces (W2022); A Sea of Odysseys: Epic Journeys in the Mediterranean (W2022); The Ancient Roman World (W2022); Doing History (F2022); Monks, Demons, Hermits: On the Edge of Early Christian Practice (F2022); The "Antiques Road Show" Comes to Tappan Hall: The Fascinating Lives of Things (F2022); Intensive Latin (F2022); Elementary Greek (F2022); Doing History (W2023); Introduction to Greek Archaeology (W2023); The Ancient Roman World (W2023); Doing History (W2023) Section 2; The Rise and Fall of Mediterranean Civilizations (F2023); Introduction to Greek Archaeology (W2024)
Class Instructor: Gothie, Sarah; Lambropoulos, Vassilis; Crisostomo, Jay; Cipa, Erdem; Galaty, Michael; Das, Aileen; Chatterjee, Paroma; Mays, Devi; Fielding, Ian; Hoffman, George; Tsai, Howard; Holmes, Megan; Gibelyou, Cameron; Stone, David; Stroebel, William; Carson, John; Muehlberger, Ellen; Soter, Gina; Forsdyke, Sara; Selcer, Perrin; Nevett, Lisa; Shin, Ian
Class Department: English; American Culture; Modern Greek; MIDEAST; HISTORY; ANTHRARCH; CLCIV; FRENCH; INTLSTD; HISTART; ALA; CLARCH; COMPLIT; LATIN; GREEK; ANTHRARC
Class Number: 125; 311; 350.002; 291.001; 239; 287; 253; 102; 680.001; 401.010; 194.001; 301.001; 358.001; 424; 140.001; 202; 202.002; 197.008; 193; 101.001; 202.001; 221
Class Year: 2012; 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019; 2020; 2022; 2023; 2024
Class Semester: Fall; Winter
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.4192
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.4192/dsc_6855.jpg

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Full citation: "Fayoum; Ostrakon; Ceramic; Pigment." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.4192/dsc_6855.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.