Karanis / square flagon / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.5583
Other Number: Harden 0750
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Object Name: square flagon
Lot: University of Michigan Excavations (Karanis)
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Glass vessels
Materials: Glass
Pierced: 161
Inscribed: 161
Full Artifact Description: Fragments of bottle. Incomplete. Dark green. Rim outsplayed, folded up and in, and flattened to horizontal position by pressure. Neck short and cylindrical with slight broadening toward base. Shoulder nearly horizontal. Body square in horizontal section and blown into a four sided mould which has left marks on the base. Base concave. Flat handle of similar glass joining rim and shoulder. Enamel-like weathering leaving pits. Bubbly.
Unit Grid Number: 5002
Component/Room: 00E
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Production Site: 140
Countermark: 161
Condition Notes: Set aside by Angela Susak from UCLA for Electron Microprobe; Selected for sampling, Angela Susak Pitzer, September 2013.
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: 30

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.5583
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.5583/dsc_2632.jpg

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Full citation: "Karanis; square flagon; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.5583/dsc_2632.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 31, 2024.