Karanis / Bottle / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.5947
Other Number: Harden 0739
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Object Name: Bottle
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis)
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Glass vessels
Materials: Glass
Length: ;
Width: ;
Height: 19.7 cm;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Green. Bottle-jug. Rim well outsplayed, and rounded. Neck roughly cylindrical, broadening out slightly toward base. Shoulder nearly horizontal. Roll in the glass at junction of shoulder and body. Body cylindrical with slight downward taper in sides. Base concave. Horizontal coil underneath rim and broad, four-ribbed handle joining rim and shoulder, both of similar glass. Geometrical pattern all over body consisting of fairly well-cut facets and scratched lines. At top, a horizontal row of small vertical ovals, with two horizontal scratched lines below them. At bottom, another row of small vertical ovals with two horizontal scratched lines above them. Between these borders an alternating pattern repeated five times consisting of a tall oval facet in a panel with a pointed top and a smaller oval facet within a scratched oval superimposed on a pattern of criss-cross scratches within a double diamond of scratched lines. Blackish brown contents stain. No weathering. Bubbly.
Subjects: wheel cut decoration
Verbatim Date: 3rd-4th cent. AD
Unit Grid Number: C0084
Component/Room: 00D
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Wondrous Glass: Reflections on the World of Rome; Case 09 - Karanis Glass
Exhibition Curator: Root, Margaret Cool
Exhibition Year: 2009
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

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.5947
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.5947/0000_00_5947p03.tif

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Full citation: "Karanis; Bottle; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.5947/0000_00_5947p03.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.