Inlay Fragment / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1970.03.0939
Object Name: Inlay Fragment
Lot: Ruthven, Dr. Alexander G.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Miscellaneous/unidentified objects
Materials: Glass
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Fragment of inlay of opaque brown(?) cast glass with small opaque white flowers surrounded by opaque red and yellow rims floating in very small opaque white canes; made in mosaic technique. Shape of inlay square with underside concave.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Date: 3rd C BC
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Countermark: no
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1970.03.0939
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0939/1970_03_0939

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Full citation: "Inlay Fragment; Glass". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0939/1970_03_0939. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 07, 2023.