chalice; Glass vessels; Glass

Notes:

Green glass chalice on short stem with two opaque blue handles applied to sides. Unworked rim is rough with many small chips. It bulges out slightly forming a shallow and narrow ridge inside of the vessel, perhaps to support a lid. Sides are gently curved in at the bottom. Twisted, hollow stem in similar green glass, is applied unevenly, constricted sloppily and has a lopsided flaring rim with a ridge on its inside. Handles are of poor glass which appear to be striped with white due to bubbles. The handles are approx. 2 cm below rim, protrude in a rectangular shape, and have long tails which were impressed while hot to form regular, short, slightly diagonal ridges. The ridged tails are attached to the side of the chalice and continue to the stem.; The body of this vessel has a design of irregularly shaped and irregularly spaced small bulges. These protrude only slightly on the outside, more on the inside. They begin about 3 cm from rim and are very small. Their size increases as they progress towards base. They are perhaps meant to imitate faceted glass. The glass may have been blown into a cylinder and then pulled down to form this design.; Body cracked and mended with two pieces missing. Some bubbles; sandy and black impurities; some black encrustation, especially around stem.

Data Provider:

University of Michigan. Libraries

Collection:

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Subject Topic:

Glass vessels; Egypt

Language:

UND

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