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
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

Provenance
Egypt
Site
Karanis
Unit Grid Number
0136
Area
R:*

Publications and Exhibitions

Publications

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.
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