Toilet Bottle / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1970.03.0994
Object Name: Toilet Bottle
Lot: Ruthven, Dr. Alexander G.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Glass vessels
Materials: Glass
Height: 2.9
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Miniature unguentarium. Free blown of transparent pale blue-green glass. Bell-shaped body, tall cylindrical neck with plain rim. Trail added around rim to form uneven collar. Very deep, off-center kick with reamer mark.; Cf. Benaki #96; Lamm Pl. 3 #3.
Verbatim Date: 6th-8th C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Countermark: no
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1970.03.0994
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0994/1970_03_0994

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