Toilet Bottle / Glass

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1970.03.0995
Object Name: Toilet Bottle
Lot: Ruthven, Dr. Alexander G.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Glass vessels
Materials: Glass
Height: 2.3
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Miniature jar. Free blown bag-shaped vessel of thick translucent greyish colorless glass. Vessel decorated on both front and back with two crudely incised horizontal arcs, one above the other and flanked by two incised vertical grooves. Bottom flat, rim plain and fire-polished. Pontil mark.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Date: 9th - 10th C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Countermark: no
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1970.03.0995
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0995/1970_03_0995

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Full citation: "Toilet Bottle; Glass". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1970.03.0995/1970_03_0995. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 02, 2023.