Fragment, Glass, Iridescent
Production date
50 BCE-100 CE
Country
Egypt
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Object detail
Description
One fragment of thick opaque, iridescent glass, of deep blue and purple colour, with much abrasion, from the side of a vessel.
Classification
ARCHAEOLOGY Egyptian
Production date
50 BCE-100 CE
Production place
Measurements
L47mm x 34mm x 6mm
Media/Materials description
Glass
History and use
Extensive glass production began in the New Kingdom in the 18th Dynasty. Ancient Egyptian glass used core forming technique, which was superceeded by the introduction of blown glass in the Roman Era. Glass production declined after the 21st Dynasty. This fragment of glass is from the Roman Era, and was found in an Egyptian Tomb.
Registration number
E40125
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