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272002 items
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- Fragment of brown/black woven goat hair fabric that has been repaired with brown/black goat hair, yellow goat hair and coarse linen yarn. There is also a small piece of thick brown wool yarn.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
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- Spindle of light brown wood with slightly pitted, worn surface, in good condition. Spindle end broken.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
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- Wooden key with vertical handle; two prong type. Crack in elbow mended by winding cord about it. Cord still remains. Evidence of holes near prongs indicate a former use for a different lock.; Key. Wood (Karanis Revealed, Wilfong).
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- Notes:
- Entirely covered with excellent glaze. Color of clay not seen. Fluted body; plastic rosette below each handle. Impressed decoration. Two rows of circles in alternate arrangement on shoulder; band of egg pattern below.; Gazda: Clay, mold made with black glaze.
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- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
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- Marble; predominantly black with some red, brown, blue, and white swirls. One third dark green millefiori with yellow design. Pitted surface.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
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- Pot inscription on Amphora neck, red pigment.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- Notes:
- Roughly cylindrical body, tapering abruptly inward at the neck, where a small, outsplayed rim is formed. Rim is slightly asymmetrical, with on chip. Base is flattened, with centered pontil mark. Body heavily pitted with enamel-like weathering, slight trails of iridescence.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
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- Toilet jar standing on four pinched toes, bulbous body with a pinched, overlapping design around the shoulder. Each design consists of a raised circle surrounding a protruding knob. Neck is broken off, jagged edges remain. Pontil mark on base bottom. Pinched toes are not of even height, so the jar is unstable. Crack from jagged neck edge to center of one design. One design is missing a knob; broken away with a resulting hole. Free blown of transparent pinkish yellow glass.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
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- Pale green bottle has thick, rectangular body resting on squared base. A protruding pontil mark makes bottle tip to one side. Cylindrical neck rises above squared shoulder, and neck rim was ground flat. Entire vessel is thickly walled and sturdy, clouded slightly by weathering, but free from pits or iridescence. Horizontal tool marks just below shoulder on all four sides. Triangular chip on one corner plus gouge above on shoulder Free blown and tooled in translucent pale yellow-green glass.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
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- Colorless glass vessel with rectangular body rests on squared base. Cylindrical neck rises above irregularly sloped shoulders. Neck rim was ground flat. Fabric is cloudy, covered with patches of enamel and iridescence. A large U-shaped crack exists from one side to it s opposite side. A large sandy pebble formed inside this vessel at some time during its burial & is still trapped inside, & rattles when the vessel is moved. Free blown and tooled in translucent almost colorless glass with greenish-gray tinge.
- Data Provider:
- University of Michigan. Libraries
- Collection:
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
