Karanis / Figurine / Clay (unfired)
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.6475
- Object Name
- Figurine
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Figurines
- Materials
- Clay (unfired)
- Length
- 4.55 cm
- Width
- 11.5 cm
- Height
- 13.05 cm
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Woman, veiled and wearing sleeved, knee-length garment, shawl and leggings, sits with legs drawn up and heels together, holding arms in orans position. Looks straight ahead. Drapery of back side indicated. Reddish brown clay (Muns 5 yr 5/3) moulded hollow in two halves and sealed at sides. Bottom is included in mould of back side. Small vent in bottom.
- Subjects
- Orans female
- Verbatim Date
- Late 3rd Early 4th A.D
- Unit Grid Number
- C0409
- Component/Room
- 00J
- Area
- R
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Karanis
- Production Site
- site
- Countermark
- no
- Publication Title
- De grieks-egyptische terracotta's in het Rijksmuseum van oudheden
- Agyptische Terrakotten du Griechisch-Romischen und Koptischen Epoche vorzugweise aus der Oase el Faijum
- Die Agyptisch-Griechischen Terrakotten
- Publication Author
- van Wijngaarden, W. D.
- Kaufmann, C. M.
- Weber, Wilhelm
- Publication Year
- 1958
- 1913
- 1914
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2272 x 1704
- File Size
- 163 KB
- Record
- 0000.00.6475
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6475/0000_00_6475p02.tif
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"Karanis; Figurine; Clay (unfired)." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6475/0000_00_6475p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 17, 2024.