Fayoum / Unguentarium / Glass
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.5186
- Object Name
- Unguentarium
- Lot
- Askren, David
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Glass vessels
- Materials
- Glass
- Length
- 4.5
- Width
- 4.5
- Height
- 8.8
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Green glass. Missing part of rim. Large chip on neck. Milky weathering. Very bubbly. Black and sandy impurities. blowing spirals. Solid outsplayed rim folded upward and inward and flattened on top. Cylindrical neck which broadens slightly above base. Tool marks but no constriction at base of neck. Solid severely squat body with convex sides. Flat base. Pontil mark. Hollow part of vessel tapers downward into body.
- 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
- 141 KB
- Record
- 0000.00.5186
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.5186/0000_00_5186p01.tif
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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-0000.00.5186/0000_00_5186p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.