Fayoum / Fragment / Clay (unfired)

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.6582
Object Name: Fragment
Lot: Ruthven, Peter
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Lamps
Materials: Clay (unfired)
Length: 8.4
Width: 3.0
Height: 5.5
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Lamp in form of fish with fins, gills and eyes indicated and lips parted. Bottom side has a rimmed base enclosing. Rimmed mouth of lamp on top side. Fine, dark brown clay (Muns. 7.5 YR 3/2) moulded hollow in two halves and sealed lenghtwise along dorsal and ventral sides.
Verbatim Date: 2nd c. A.D.
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Fayoum
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Animals in the Kelsey: An Undergraduate Exhibit of Animals in the Ancient World
Exhibition Curator: Alcock, Susan
Publication Title: Agyptische Terrakotten du Griechisch-Romischen und Koptischen Epoche vorzugweise aus der Oase el Faijum
Publication Author: Kaufmann, C. M.
Publication Year: 1913
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.6582
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6582/0000_00_6582p02.tif

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Full citation: "Fayoum; Fragment; Clay (unfired)." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.6582/0000_00_6582p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 04, 2024.