Karanis / Unguentarium / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier
0000.00.6298
Object Name
Unguentarium
Object Type
Glass vessels
Materials
Glass
Width
3.5cm
Height
6.7cm
Inscribed
no
Full Artifact Description
Green glass. Broken rim. Enamel weathering and gold iridescence throughout vessel. Blowing spirals. Quality of material undeterminable. Small pits. Toilet bottle. Rim outsplayed with downward slope and folded upward and inward. Cylindrical neck broadens out toward base. Flat base. Solid body of no distinct shape. Pontil mark. Hollow part of vessel tapers downward.
Verbatim Date
3rd C AD
Unit Grid Number
E0019
Component/Room
00C
Area
STC
Verbatim Provenance
Egypt
Verbatim Site
Karanis
Countermark
no
Publication Title
Graeco-Egyptian Glass: Catalogue generale des antiquities egyptiennes du Musee du Caire
Publication Author
Edgar, C. C. (Campbell Cowan)
Publication Year
1905
Type Category
Artifact

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2272 x 1704
File Size
168 KB
Record
0000.00.6298
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"Karanis; Unguentarium; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6298/0000_00_6298p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024.
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