Disc / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1970.03.0947
Object Name: Disc
Lot: Ruthven, Dr. Alexander G.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Architectural elements
Materials: Glass
Length: th 0.8
Full Artifact Description: Bull’s eye window glass. Free blown of translucent yellow-brown glass. Circular with raised smoothed rim and an omphalos on one side with a pontil mark. Glass bubbly with black inclusions. One side polished, other side has milky iridescence.; Cf. Lamm, Samarra p. 127-128 for discussion of bull’s eye glass, some found in plaster frames.
Verbatim Date: 9th-10th C AD
Periods, Dynasty/Sub-Period, Micro-Period/Ruler: Islamic
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1970.03.0947
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0947/1

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Full citation: "Disc; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0947/1. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 08, 2024.