Karanis / Bottle / Copper

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.4800
Object Name: Bottle
Lot: University of michigan excavation (Karanis)
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Metal vessels
Materials: Copper
Height: 16.2 cm (vase) 7.6 cm (stopper)
Inscribed: 161
Full Artifact Description: Vase in good to very good condition. Octagonal vase on octagonal flaring foot. Moulded decoration around flared mouth. Incised leaf decoration on sides. Coppery color, with some black. The wooden stopper had a square top, now partially broken, and a rudely fashioned tapering round shaft. Has been repaired (glue and solder.) Some denting of sides, some small holes. Variable light pitting.
Subjects: leaf
Verbatim Date: 1stc. B.C. - 4th c. A.D.
Unit Grid Number: 0169
Component/Room: 0AF¹
Area: R:bin
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Countermark: 161
Type Category: 30

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.4800
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.4800/0000_00_4800

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Full citation: "Karanis; Bottle; Copper." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.4800/0000_00_4800. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.