Fayoum / Unguentarium / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier
0000.00.5184
Object Name
Unguentarium
Object Type
Glass vessels
Materials
Glass
Width
4.7
Height
10.2
Inscribed
no
Full Artifact Description
Unguentarium Blue-green glass. Part of rim is missing. Material fair. Black impurities and many bubbles. Some brown weathering. Rim horizontally outsplayed, folded upward and inward and flattened on top. Top of rim is bumpy. Long slightly tapered neck with a slight constriction and tool marks at its base. A triangular body with convex sides. The hollow part of the vessel tapers downward and extends slightly beyond the base of the neck into the solid body. The base is flat with a slight concavity where the pontil mark is situated.
Subjects
undecorated
Verbatim Date
3rd C AD ?
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

Image Size
2272 x 1704
File Size
136 KB
Record
0000.00.5184
Link to this Item
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"Fayoum; Unguentarium; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.5184/0000_00_5184p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.
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