Karanis / Glass
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.5927
- Other Number
- Harden 0464
- Type of Number
- Catalogue Number
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Lamps
- Materials
- Glass
- Width
- 7.9 cm
- Height
- 18.3 cm
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Yellowish green with purple streak near rim. Rounded rim. Straight sides tapering down with slight convexity near base. Solid coil of similar glass on base. Trace of pontil technique. Double horizontal trailed-on thread ca. 0.2 cm from rim, fused in. Half of base coil missing. Oily stains. Iridescent patches. Bubbly with impurities.
- Verbatim Date
- 4th - 5th C
- Unit Grid Number
- C0042
- Component/Room
- 00J
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Countermark
- no
- 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
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2272 x 1704
- File Size
- 117 KB
- Record
- 0000.00.5927
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.5927/0000_00_5927p02.tif
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"Karanis; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.5927/0000_00_5927p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 06, 2024.