Karanis / Beaker Sherd / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.6028a
Other Number: Harden 362, Harden 363
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Object Name: Beaker Sherd
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis)
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Glass vessels
Materials: Glass
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Greenish yellow. Five fragments of rim and one fragment of body, with horizontal coil. No weathering. Bubbly, with some impurities. Rounded rim set vertically on sides. Body roughly cylindrical. Slight concavity in sides near the top and a bulge at the bottom before they start to curve in toward base. Beaker probably had pad base. Fairly thick horizontal coil about half-way down body.; Average thickness of 0.1 cm.
Unit Grid Number: 0219
Component/Room: 00A
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

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.6028a
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6028a/0000_00_6028a

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Full citation: "Karanis; Beaker Sherd; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6028a/0000_00_6028a. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.