Frit
A clay based composition that has been fused in a special oven, quenched to form glass, then granulated. It is used in compounding enamels and ceramic glazes, also used as a pigment and as a stand alone material in small objects like beads and amulets. By definition, Frit is a sintered polycrystalline unglazed material that is typically colored blue or green. Blue Frit is refered to as Egyptian blue, and Green frit is confined to Egypt.
A clay based composition that has been fused in a special oven, quenched to form glass, then granulated. It is used in compounding enamels and ceramic glazes, also used as a pigment and as a stand alone material in small objects like beads and amulets.
By definition, Frit is a sintered polycrystalline unglazed material that is typically colored blue or green. Blue Frit is refered to as Egyptian blue, and Green frit is confined to Egypt.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 7563 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Frog. Frit. [faint drawing] |
| 7564B | (none) | (none) | B16796 | [A-B] Two necklaces. Carnelian, frit, paste. Found loose in soil and arbitrarily re-strung. Both similar in type. Ribbed frit ring beads predominate. No mention of these beads in field notes (or in written account of site). | |
| 7573 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. 48 frit beads and frog amulet in frit. Lentoids, ring beads, conoids, ball and bangle beads. Arbitrarily strung. IIIrd Dyn of Ur. |
| 7608 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 7 bugle beads. Frit. Pale blue. |
| 7619 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. 113 beads. Mostly yellowish frit. 2 double conoid lapis lazuli, 1 double conoid carnelian and 1 carnelian ball bead. |
| 7661 | (none) | (none) | B16817 | Necklace. 39 frit beads. |
| 7688 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frit beads. |
| 8044 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads Small rings of green glazed frit, A few lapis beads One carnelian One shell |
| 8083A | (none) | (none) | B16837 | [A-B] Two beads Of glazed frit. Originally blue, now bleached. Large striated or ribbed beads, one spherical, the other with a sharp shoulder. | |
| 8201 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis and silver with a few carnelian and some small glazed frit rings. |
| 8363 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Spindle whorl of glazed frit, color now bleached. Plain domed top. |
| 8427 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace About 250 glazed frit beads originally yellow mostly bleached white |
| 8471 | (none) | (none) | B17200 | Amulet Frit Squatting monkey Originally green - now bleached. [drawing] 1:1 | |
| 8551 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads of glazed frit. Heavily ribbed balls. Discorloured: probably originally blue. |
| 8798 | (none) | (none) | B17213 | Beard Frit Originally glazed. Bleached white. Fragment - Upper portion missing, originally intended for inlay? Slightly convex. At bottom of beard two rows of curls. [drawing 1:1] |
| 9174A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Beads. A few small beads, mostly glaze, and one big glazed firt bugle bead. [B-C] Also, pair of small silver earrings. |
| 9238 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frit Beads Minute rim beads; ball beads and a few lenoids |
| 9268 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Frit Subject indistinct: A crescent moon and standing warriors |
| 9775 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads A great quantity of small rings of blue glazed frit. |
| 9826 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frit Ring beads Glaze Many hundreds. Worn all round head. cf. Field Notes. |
| 10171 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 3 Beads Glazed double conoids Strung round neck All broken. Majority had perished |
| 10712 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 15 Discoid Beads Glazed (originally blue?) frit beads & black steatite? Probably buttons of Field Notes [drawing] |
| 10820E | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb Group. (A)[A and G] 2 silver earrings, 2 1/2 coils. 1-broken and part missing. (B) [B and H] 2 cockle shells with green paint (both broken) (C) Broken silver finger ring, 4 strands of wire, the 2 middle strands spiral. Part missing. (D) Large shell of the type used to serve as a lamp. Badly broken. (E) Few silver double conoids, a few lapis and remains of glazed frit ring beads. (F) A copper pin with a copper ball head. Badly broken. Type V. |
| 11744B | 30-12-640 | (none) | (none) | Beads. String of minute beads, gold, lapis & carnelian, with gold spacers giving 3 rows. | |
| 11989 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. A few only of blue-glazed frit, small lentoids & 1 large barrel bead. |
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