Accession No
TEMP.03854
Description
A glass fragment, millefiori form, pale green with white, dark green, and yellow sections. Set in wax.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Armant
Period
Roman
Source
Myers, Oliver Humphrys [excavator]; Egypt Exploration Society
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
TEMP.03854; G.63 [Excavation No.]; O [Report No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Glass; Wax
Local Term
Measurements
Events
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 (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
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 (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 (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 (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
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
Description (Physical description)
Myers (1940): Fragments (L), (M), (N), and (O) belong to a narrower band of smaller hieroglyphs set in the same pale green.
Event Date 1940
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
A glass fragment, millefiori form, pale green with white, dark green, and yellow sections. 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:327458
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