Unguentarium / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1970.03.0975
Object Name: Unguentarium
Lot: Ruthven, Dr. Alexander G.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Glass vessels
Materials: Glass
Length: th 3.4
Width: 3.4
Height: 3.0
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Miniature jar. Free blown of translucent, almost colorless glass. Globular shape made into a cube by cutting. Four omphalos-patterned roundels on each side of vessel; bottom flattened and with deeply cut four-petaled flower; top ground flat, four deep vertical grooves cut from top to middle of vessel. Jar pitted and encrusted on one side, light incrustation inside.; Cf. Carboni, p. 111 #2.6d, 2.6f; Edgar, #32.794; Benaki, #100; Lamm, Pl.52 #13;; Nishapur, #179.
Verbatim Date: 8th-9th C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Countermark: no
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1970.03.0975
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0975/1970_03_0975

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Full citation: "Unguentarium; Glass". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0975/1970_03_0975. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 29, 2023.