Fayoum / Toilet Bowl / Glass
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.5210
- Object Name
- Toilet Bowl
- Lot
- Askren, David
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Glass vessels
- Materials
- Glass
- Height
- 2.0
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Small weathered bowl, with brownish incrustation primarily on base and on pinched designs on outer walls. There are eight irregularly pinched designs each consisting of a raised circle surrounding a central, protruding knob. Two designs overlap. Dish has been mended, and several holes exist where glass is missing. Base is rounded; centered pontil mark. Entire exterior surface is roughened and textured, due to deterioration of fabric. Deep crack across base to repaired side, which consists of three ended pieces. arks from pinching tool can be seen around interior base. Free blown of translucent, almost colorless, glass with yellowish tinge.
- Verbatim Date
- 9th - 10th C
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Fayoum
- Countermark
- no
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2272 x 1704
- File Size
- 110 KB
- Record
- 0000.00.5210
- Link to this Item
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"Fayoum; Toilet Bowl; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.5210/0000_00_5210p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.