Karanis / bowl / Glass
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.5533
- Other Number
- Harden 0229
- Type of Number
- Catalogue Number
- Object Name
- bowl
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Glass vessels
- Materials
- Glass
- Height
- 6.8 cm
- Inscribed
- 161
- Full Artifact Description
- Dark green. Hollow rim, folded outward and downward. Sides bent outward and then upward at top, forming shelf inside rim, possibly to hold lid. Below this, sides almost vertical. Short, sloping bottom connecting sides and base. Base concave with pointed kick and pontil mark. Pad base with criss-cross slanting impressions on exterior. No weathering. Clear but very bubbly. A few black impurities.
- Verbatim Date
- 4th-5th C AD
- Unit Grid Number
- B0061
- Component/Room
- 00D
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Countermark
- 161
- Exhibition Title
- Karanis: An Egyptian Town in Roman Times
- Exhibition Curator
- Berlin, Andrea
- Royer, Jacqueline
- Exhibition Year
- 1983
- 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
- 30
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2272 x 1704
- File Size
- 92 KB
- Record
- 0000.00.5533
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