Karanis / Beaker Sherd / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.6086
Other Number: Harden 0403, Harden 0552, Harden 0762
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
Height: .08 cm
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Fragment of rim and side, Spots of milky weathering. Pin-prick bubbles. Sharply outsplayed, unworked rim. Pronounced neck construction, from which sides bulge out to greatest diameter. Four thumb indents. Traces of S-shaped raised ribs on side. bottom lost.
Unit Grid Number: B0003
Component/Room: 00L
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: 0000.00.6086
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6086/0000_00_6086

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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-0000.00.6086/0000_00_6086. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 20, 2024.