Jar; Karanis; Glass vessels; Glass

Notes:

“Poppy head” type jar. Yellow. 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 half-way down. Below greatest diameter sides slope in sharply to base. Pad base, well outsplayed and almost flat below. Faint slanting impressions on upper side. Pontil technique. Thick zigzag coil of similar glass round body at greatest diameter, well fused in. No weathering. Bubbly with impurities. Blowing spirals.

Data Provider:

University of Michigan. Libraries

Collection:

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Subject Topic:

Karanis; Glass vessels; Egypt

Language:

UND

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