Karanis / Flask Sherd / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.6044
Other Number: Harden 0676
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Object Name: Flask Sherd
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis)
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Glass vessels
Materials: Glass
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Dark blue. Fragment of base only. Body bulbous with traces of a decoration of thin horizontal wheel cuts. Base pressed flat immediately below a cut-in at bottom of sides, thus forming a pushed-in base of unusual shape. Iridescent pitting. Material good.
Unit Grid Number: 0262
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: 0000.00.6044
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6044/0000_00_6044p04.tif

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Full citation: "Karanis; Flask Sherd; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6044/0000_00_6044p04.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.