Karanis / Unguentarium / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.6297
Object Name: Unguentarium
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis)
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Glass vessels
Materials: Glass
Width: 4.8cm
Height: 10cm
Pierced: 161
Inscribed: 161
Full Artifact Description: Toilet bottle. Green glass. Intact. Some milky and enamel weathering. Roping. Some black impurities. Bubbly. Blowing spirals. Small penetration in the solid body with enamel weathering around it. Some enamel weathering inside the horizontally outsplayed molded rim. Cylindrical neck. Constriction with tool marks at the base of neck. Solid triangular body. Flattened base with slight concavity. Pontil mark. Hollow part of vessel expands as it extends into solid body.; Perfume bottle (unguentarium). Glass; 10 cm h., 4.8 cm base dia. (Karanis Revealed, Wilfong).
Verbatim Date: 2nd - 4th C AD
Unit Grid Number: C0063
Component/Room: 00M
Area: R:B
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Production Site: 140
Countermark: 161
Publication Title: Karanis Revealed: Discovering the Past and Present of a Michigan Excavation in Egypt; Roman and Pre-Roman Glass from the Royal Ontario Museum
Publication Author: Hayes, J.W.
Publication Year: 2014; 1975
Type Category: 30

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.6297
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6297/dscn9096.jpg

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Full citation: "Karanis; Unguentarium; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6297/dscn9096.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 04, 2024.