Wineglass, Footed with two handles; Karanis; Glass vessels; Glass; undecorated

Notes:

Yellow. Intact. Contents stain ad patches of iridescence and milky weathering. Material fair. Few bubbles and some black impurities. Small rounded rim outsplayed at angle of 45 degrees from neck constriction. Wide bulbous body with sides sloping steeply downward from neck to greatest diameter halfway down. Below greatest diameter the sides slope in again sharply toward base. Twisted stem, short and thick, and pressed out to broad base at bottom with modeling tool. Concave base, with well marked slanting impressions on upper side. Pontil technique. Several revolutions of thin spiral thread at greatest diameter of body and over this two coil handles at neck with side-whisker tails pinched to a wavy contour and reaching to just below greatest diameter.

Data Provider:

University of Michigan. Libraries

Collection:

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Subject Topic:

Karanis; Glass vessels; Egypt

Language:

UND

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