Jug
MS5727
From: Egypt | Nubia | Karanog
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS5727 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Roman | Nubian |
Provenience | Egypt | Nubia | Karanog |
Period | Roman Period |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Glass |
Description | Preserves mended fragment comprising neck, handle and bit of shoulder. Flaring rim with rolled lip. Neck short and narrow. Shoulders almost horizontal above round (cylindrical ?) body. Handle a wide ribbon of finely reeded glass, bent squarely at outer angle and attached high on neck and close to bottom of neck on shoulder. Two etched bands. Glass very thin and transparent with pale greenish tinge. No flaws or bubbles. |
Height | 9 cm |
Width | 8 cm |
Outside Diameter | 5.5 cm |
Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Nubia, Karanog, Aniba Cemetery; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1908 |
Other Number | GL12 (ancient glass project) - Other Number |
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