Karanis / Flask Sherd / Glass
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.5960
- Other Object Numbers
- Harden 0523 (Catalogue Number)
- Object Name
- Flask Sherd
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Category
- Artifact
- Object Type
- Glass vessels
- Full Artifact Description
- Green tinge. Rim outsplayed from neck and folded up and in . Neck cylindrical with horizontal constriction at base. Body inverted-piriform. Concave base, partly snapped off with pontil, leaving center of base very thin. Rim missing. Strain cracks. No weathering. Pin-prick bubbles. Average thickness of 0.2cm.
- Materials
- Glass
Measurements
- Width
- 3.9
- Height
- 6.2
Date
- Date
- 2nd - 3rd C
Provenance
Publications and Exhibitions
- Publications
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Graeco-Egyptian Glass: Catalogue generale des antiquities egyptiennes du Musee du Caire. Edgar, C. C. (Campbell Cowan). Cairo: Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 1905.
Roman Glass from Karanis Found by the University of Michigan Archaeological Expedition in Egypt, 1924-29. Harden, D.B.. University of Michigan Studies, Humanistic Series, 41. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1936.
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2272 x 1704
- File Size
- 113 KB
- Record
- 0000.00.5960
- Link to this Item
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"Karanis; Flask Sherd; Glass." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.5960/0000_00_5960p02.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2025.