Fayoum / goblet / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.5119
Object Name: goblet
Lot: Askren, David
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Glass vessels
Materials: Glass
Width: 6.3
Height: 8.3
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Stemmed cup. Brownish yellow glass. Rounded rim. Side of vessel tapers inward from rim c. on cm. then flares out to form globular body. Stem perhaps twisted from body. Base has slanting impressions. Sandy impurities, blowing spirals, pinprick bubbles. Intact. “Poppy Head” Jar.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Date: 4th C or later
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Fayoum
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Wondrous Glass: Reflections on the World of Rome
Exhibition Curator: Root, Margaret Cool
Publication Title: Roman Glass from Karanis Found by the University of Michigan Archaeological Expedition in Egypt, 1924-29; Wondrous Glass
Publication Author: Harden, D.B.; Root, Margaret
Publication Year: 1936; 1982
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.5119
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.5119/0000_00_5119p03.tif

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Full citation: "Fayoum; goblet; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.5119/0000_00_5119p03.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.