Fayoum / inkwell / Faience
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.4969
- Other Number
- Van Ingen, P1. III, 11
- Type of Number
- Catalogue Number
- Object Name
- inkwell
- Lot
- Askren, David
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Ink wells
- Materials
- Faience
- Length
- ;
- Width
- ;
- Height
- 5.5 cm;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;185g
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- The piece has a flat top with slightly raised outer edge. There is a hole in the center of the top and a smaller hole towards the edge. It is a cylindrical vessel with slightly convex sides that constrict near the base. The bottom is slightly convex with an applied ring base. There is pitting around the top and chipping on the base.
- Subjects
- undecorated
- Verbatim Date
- 3rd C AD
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Fayoum
- Production Site
- site
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- The Beginning of Understanding; Writing in the Ancient World
- Cavafy's World: A Tribute to the Greek Poet Constantine P. Cavafy
- Ancient/Modern: The Design of Everyday Things
- Exhibition Curator
- Allen, Marti Lu
- Dix, T. Keith
- Talalay, Lauren
- Encina, Sebastián Enrique
- Exhibition Year
- 2014
- Publication Title
- Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum
- Cavafy's World
- Publication Author
- Van Ingen, Wilhelmina
- Publication Year
- 1933
- 2002
- Type Category
- Ceramic
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2051 x 1611
- File Size
- 176 KB
- Record
- 0000.00.4969
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.4969/0000_00_4969p02.tif
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"Fayoum; inkwell; Faience." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.4969/0000_00_4969p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.