Karanis / Conical Lamp / Glass
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.5931
- Other Number
- Harden 0459
- Type of Number
- Catalogue Number
- Object Name
- Conical Lamp
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Lamps
- Materials
- Glass
- Width
- 10.9 cm
- Height
- 18 cm
- Inscribed
- 161
- Full Artifact Description
- Yellowish green with blue blobs. Unworked rim bent out from top of sides. Sides taper straight down to near base where there is slight concavity. Base slightly concave. Four groups of horizontal wheel incisions at intervals down base between second and third groups a horizontal frieze of blue blobs. One large alternating with triangular group of three, small, each repeated five times. Rim chipped. Crack in side. No weathering.
- Subjects
- undecorated
- Unit Grid Number
- C0084
- Component/Room
- 00D
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Countermark
- 161
- 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
- Image Size
- 2272 x 1704
- File Size
- 108 KB
- Record
- 0000.00.5931
- Link to this Item
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"Karanis; Conical Lamp; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.5931/0000_00_5931p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 28, 2024.