Accession No

TEMP.03849


Description

A glass fragment, millefiori form. Set in wax. Belong[s] to a vertical band of large hieroglyphs set in pale green, but unfortunately they do not join, (H) contains rn and an illegible sign.


Place

Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Armant


Period

Roman


Source

Myers, Oliver Humphrys [excavator]; Egypt Exploration Society


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

TEMP.03849; G.63 [Excavation No.]; H [Report No.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Glass; Wax


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Analysis)
Set in wax in the field. Then cleaned and reset in wax on arrival at London. See Myers (1940, The Text) for detailed description of conservation processes.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Inscription)
Reads rn and an illegible sign.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Found together / assemblage)
For the magician's outfit see Z 45462-45465, Z 45490, Z 45494, and Z 45499.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Acquisition Details)
Myers (1940): The distribution of the objects took place in during the difficult conditions of the first weeks of September, 1939, and although it is hoped that the distribution lists attached to each register are correct, it is possible that minor errors may have crept in [p.xii].
Event Date 1939
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Other owners)
Myers (1940) states the expedition's founder and patron is Sir Robert Mond, the EES does not financially support the work [p.ix].
Event Date 1940
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Mond, Robert Ludwig (Sir) and Oliver Humphrys Myers. (1940). Temples of Armant. A Preliminary Survey. The Plates. The Egypt Exploration Society: London. pl. LXXXVI.
Event Date 1940
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Mond, Robert Ludwig (Sir) and Oliver Humphrys Myers. (1940). Temples of Armant. A Preliminary Survey. The Text. The Egypt Exploration Society: London. p. 37, 119-121, 125, 137.
Event Date 1940
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Production / use)
Myers (1940): It seems likely that all this glass was inlaid on the lid of the box in which were kept the bronze objects and other impedimenta of the magician's [p.121].
Event Date 1940
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Myers (1940): (G), (H), (I), and (K) are the most important pieces, for they all three belong to a vertical band of large hieroglyphs set in pale green, but unfortunately they do not join... (H) contains rn and an illegible sign
Event Date 1940
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
A glass fragment, millefiori form. Set in wax.
Event Date 26/8/2025
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Found together / assemblage)
Myers (1940): G.63 was found with a curious group of metal objects, M.135, which is believed to be part of a magician's outfit. When found the only part of the pattern apparent was a section that might have contained a hieroglyph, a very likely object for a magical outfit [p.119].
Event Date 26/8/2025
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:327453

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