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Record Details

Object Identifier
0000.00.5963
Other Number
Harden 0479
Type of Number
Catalogue Number
Object Name
goblet
Object Type
Glass vessels
Materials
Glass
Design Style
Karanis Class VII A.I. (a) #479.
Width
7.2
Height
9-9.3
Inscribed
no
Full Artifact Description
Stemmed Goblet. Olive green. Rounded rim. U-shaped body with slight concavity in sides near rim. Slender, twisted stem, pressed out at bottom with modeling tool to form outplayed base. Base concave underneath, criss-cross slanting impressions on upper side. Pontil technique. Body not perpendicular to stem. Large crack in side. Dirty. No weathering. Very bubbly with sandy and black impurities. Blowing spirals. Average thickness of .1cm.
Verbatim Date
4th C or later
Unit Grid Number
C0053
Component/Room
00J
Area
R
Verbatim Provenance
Egypt
Verbatim Site
Karanis
Countermark
no
Exhibition Title
Wondrous Glass: Reflections on the World of Rome
Karanis: An Egyptian Town in Roman Times
Exhibition Curator
Root, Margaret Cool
Berlin, Andrea
Royer, Jacqueline
Exhibition Year
1983
Publication Title
Roman Glass from Karanis Found by the University of Michigan Archaeological Expedition in Egypt, 1924-29
Graeco-Egyptian Glass: Catalogue generale des antiquities egyptiennes du Musee du Caire
Roman Glass from Dated Finds
Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Vol I
Publication Author
Harden, D.B.
Edgar, C. C. (Campbell Cowan)
Isings, Clasina
Whitehouse, David
Publication Year
1936
1905
1957
1997
Type Category
Artifact

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File Size
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Record
0000.00.5963
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"Karanis; goblet; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.5963/0000_00_5963p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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