Jug
MS5730
From: Egypt | Nubia | Karanog
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS5730 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman | Nubian |
| Provenience | Egypt | Nubia | Karanog |
| Period | Roman Period |
| Date Made | 0-199 CE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Glass |
| Description | Preserves in one fragment all from shoulders up of large square "transport flask." Sturdy construction. Shoulders flattened, neck narrow and short, rim thick, everted and beveled down on top. Handle a thick flat ribbon attached under rim and high on shoulder with a square angle on exterior. Glass clear, with a few bubbles, and a faint blue-green. |
| Height | 7 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 6 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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