Karanis / Basket / Palm

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.8530
Object Name: Basket
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis)
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Baskets
Materials: Palm
Width: 14 cm
Weight: 289 g
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Basket with handles. Palm leaf (Karanis Revealed, Wilfong).; Good condition. Coarsely plaited basket with round base. Thick rope forms rim, thin rope the two loop handles.
Verbatim Date: 3rd - 5th C AD
Unit Grid Number: 0216
Component/Room: 00A
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Karanis Revealed
Exhibition Curator: Wilfong, Terry
Publication Title: Karanis Revealed: Discovering the Past and Present of a Michigan Excavation in Egypt
Publication Year: 2014
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.8530
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.8530/dscn8740.jpg

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Full citation: "Karanis; Basket; Palm." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.8530/dscn8740.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.