Body Fragment / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1970.03.0927
Object Name: Body Fragment
Lot: Ruthven, Dr. Alexander G.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Glass vessels
Materials: Glass
Width: 10.1
Height: 8.0
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Fragment of a bottle. Part of the wall and beginning of shoulder curve. Free blown and cut in translucent colorless glass. Shallow groove cut around top of wall just below shoulder curve. Wall decorated with an overall pattern of lozenges separated by rosettes and raised horizontal ovals. Lozenges have raised lozenge-shaped centers and borders filled with closely spaced cut diagonal lines. The rosettes have plain centers surrounded by cut rayed diagonal lines. Glass has many small bubbles and is covered with brown discoloration.; Cf. Nishapur #227; 3000 Jahre #596.
Verbatim Date: 10th C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Countermark: no
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1970.03.0927
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0927/1970_03_0927

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