Fragment / Glass

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Object Identifier
1970.03.0809
Object Name
Fragment
Object Type
Glass vessels
Materials
Glass
Length
1.9
Inscribed
no
Full Artifact Description
Fragment of a cane of mosaic glass. Pattern of yellow opaque center surrounded by opaque red ring with succeeding rings of opaque white, red, white and black. Outer black ring has five length-wise trails of opaque white marvered in. These trails would produce flat white dots when the cane was sliced. Cane bulges out, distorting circular pattern.
Verbatim Date
9th C AD
Verbatim Provenance
Egypt
Countermark
no
Type Category
Artifact

Technical Details

Record
1970.03.0809
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0809/1970_03_0809

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"Fragment; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0809/1970_03_0809. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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