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MS5727

From: Egypt | Nubia | Karanog

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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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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