Fayoum / Conical Lamp Fragment / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.5087a
Object Name: Conical Lamp Fragment
Lot: Askren, David
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Lamps
Materials: Glass
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Greenish glass. Cracked and broken. Bubbly. Black impurities. Blowing spirals. Conical lamp. Unworked rim bent outward from top of side. Sides taper downward with slight convexity. Solid pointed base. No decoration.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Fayoum
Countermark: no
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: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.5087a
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.5087a/0000_00_5087a

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Full citation: "Fayoum; Conical Lamp Fragment; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.5087a/0000_00_5087a. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 07, 2024.