Karanis / tall square flagon / Glass
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.5582
- Other Number
- Harden 0749
- Type of Number
- Catalogue Number
- Object Name
- tall square flagon
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Glass vessels
- Materials
- Glass
- Completeness
- 968
- Pierced
- 161
- Inscribed
- 161
- Full Artifact Description
- Dark green. Rim outsplayed, folded up and in, flattened to horizontal by pressure. Neck short and cylindrical with slight broadening toward base. Shoulder nearly horizontal. Body square in horizontal section, blown into four sided mould which has left marks on base. Base concave. Flat handle of similar glass joining rim and shoulder. Repaired. Incomplete. Enamel-like pitting. Very bubbly.
- Unit Grid Number
- 5010
- Component/Room
- 00B²
- Area
- R:bin
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Production Site
- 140
- Countermark
- 161
- Condition Notes
- item fragments stored in multiple bags all with the same Kelsey accession number (S.E.E. 2022)
- Exhibition Title
- Wondrous Glass: Reflections on the World of Rome
- Exhibition Curator
- Root, Margaret Cool
- 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
- 149 KB
- Record
- 0000.00.5582
- Link to this Item
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