Ovoid Jar with Zigzag Neck Coil, on Base Ring

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Ovoid Jar with Zigzag Neck Coil, on Base Ring

Place of OriginReported to be from Karanis, Al Fayyum, Egypt

Date4th-5th century CE

DimensionsH: 4 5/16 in. (10.9 cm); W: 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm)

MediumBlown glass, tooled

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineReceived in exchange from the Kelsey Museum of Ancient & Medieval Archaeology, University of Michigan

Object number

1988.5

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DescriptionTransparent natural yellow-green free-blown glass (GY 5/2). Small to medium ovoid and spherical bubbles in the base. Zigzag decoration in translucent matching color. Pontil mark: 1.6 cm. Added coil and base ring with slanting tool marks; excess glass snapped off at end of coil. Hollow rim folded outward, upward, inward, and flattened. Deeply concave neck, smoothly transitioning to sloping shoulder. Ovoid body with a true, outsplayed base ring. Freestanding zigzag coil applied to rim, attached to shoulder, trailed right to left in sixteen turns from rim to shoulder. Classification: Jar, Class II B 1 d; cf. Harden 1936, Class VIII A II 1.

Label TextIn 1988, the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) acquired objects 1988.3, 1988.4, and 1988.5 through an exchange with the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. Objects 1988.3 (formerly Kelsey 5005) and 1988.4 (formerly Kelsey 5014) were both published by Harden in 1936 as part of the Askren collection, originating from the Fayum, though not necessarily from Karanis. These pieces were acquired by the Kelsey Museum in 1925. Dr. David L. Askren, an American medical missionary in Egypt, practiced in the Fayum and later provided services to the University of Michigan's archaeological expeditions at Karanis and Dime. Object 1988.5 (formerly Kelsey 5352), acquired in the same exchange, has a different provenance: it was purchased from Maurice Nahman, a well-known dealer in Cairo, in 1927.