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Object NameFragmentary Beaker

Made FromGlass

Date800-999

Techniquerelief-carved

SizeOverall H: 5.1 cm; Base Diam: 6.8 cm

Accession Number69.1.93

Credit LineGift of the American Research Center in Egypt

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Egypt, Cairo, Fustat (excavated)

Physical DescriptionColorless or almost colorless. Blown; relief-cut. Fragment of bottle with globular or roughly globular body. Lower wall (TTh. 0.2 cm) curves out, down, and in; base consists of short, splayed foot-ring and, at center, raised circle (D. 3.6 cm); no trace of pontil mark. Wall is decorated in relief (Th. 0.1 cm) with frieze containing vegetal ornament bordered at bottom by horizontal rib; surviving ornament includes scrolling tendrils, one of which terminates in half-palmette. Tendrils are notched, and half-palmette and one other, indeterminate element are hatched. Circle on underside of base is also notched.
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