Fayoum / Bowl / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.5010
Object Name: Bowl
Lot: Askren, David
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Glass vessels
Materials: Glass
Width: 16.4 cm
Height: 5.1 cm
Inscribed: 161
Full Artifact Description: Pale greenish yellow glass. Intact. Material poor. Many bubbles, some elongated. Black impurities. Hollow rim, folded outward and downward. Inward sloping convex sides. Pad base with slanting impressions on lip. Pontil mark.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Fayoum
Countermark: 161
Publication Title: Roman Glass from Karanis Found by the University of Michigan Archaeological Expedition in Egypt, 1924-29
Publication Author: Harden, D.B.
Publication Year: 1936
Type Category: 30

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.5010
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.5010/0000_00_5010

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Full citation: "Fayoum; Bowl; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.5010/0000_00_5010. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.