Fayoum / Toilet Bottle / Glass
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.5239
- Object Name
- Toilet Bottle
- Lot
- Askren, David
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Glass vessels
- Materials
- Glass
- Width
- 3.5 base
- Height
- 4.5
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Toilet bottle of yellowish glass has inverted, cone-shaped body. Slight constriction at the base of neck. Short cylindrical neck ends in flared, pinched, slightly asymmetrical rim. Very large circular and vertically stretched bubbles throughout. Triangular pontil mark on base. Several large, sandy inclusions in body. Sandy impurity on exterior of neck, also on rim. Tooling marks at top of neck.
- Subjects
- undecorated
- Verbatim Date
- 2nd - 3rd century AD
- Unit Grid Number
- 0109
- Component/Room
- 00A
- Area
- R:*
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Fayoum
- Countermark
- no
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2272 x 1704
- File Size
- 136 KB
- Record
- 0000.00.5239
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.5239/0000_00_5239p02.tif
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"Fayoum; Toilet Bottle; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.5239/0000_00_5239p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.