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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | (none) | 31-43-72 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| (none) | 33-35-186 | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B16899 | Unknown |
| 3068A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Two ducks. Of white frit originally glazed. Pierced for suspension. |
| 3068B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Two ducks. Of white frit originally glazed. Pierced for suspension. |
| 6989 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tool? Frit. Grey. Acute angled apex rounded base, sides inclining slightly outwards. |
| 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. |
| 1637 | (none) | (none) | (none) | String of beads. large bugles and ball beads, frit, originally blue glazed, now bleached white.: 36 in all. |
| 16734 | 31-43-68 | (none) | (none) | Stamp seal. Glazed frit. Palm tree(?) Perforated for suspension. [drawing] |
| 8363 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Spindle whorl of glazed frit, color now bleached. Plain domed top. |
| 16113 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Scaraboid seal. Yellow glazed frit. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16120 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Scaraboid seal. Dark green glazed frit. Engraved with crescent moon and squatting man. [drawing] | |
| 18105 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Scarab seal of glazed frit, the glaze perished. Highly conventionalized: below, a goat? [drawing] |
| 2874 | (none) | 1927,1003.183 | (none) | Roundel of white frit. Originally glazed. Flat pierced behind to take wire for inlay. Glaze gone and object in bad condition. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6893A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Puzuzu. Head of white frit. Surface mostly destroyed. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16738B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Puzuzu heads. [A] One shell, [B] one frit. Both pierced at top of head for suspension. |
| 16132 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Puzuzu head. White frit. 1 ear missing. |
| 16607 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Puzuzu head. White frit. |
| 15800 | (none) | 1930,1213.525 | (none) | Puzuzu head. Frit. |
| 16406 | 31-43-205 | (none) | (none) | Puzuzu head amulet. White frit, originally glazed. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16616 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Puzuzu Amulet. Yellowish frit. Prominent ears.. |
| 6902 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pig. Grey frit. Incised horizontal and vertical markings indicate skin. B. |
| 7097 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pendant. Duck. Miniature. Frit. Grey. B. |
| 12617 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Slender gold tubes. Carnelian rings. A few minute blue? Glazed frit. 5 large beads consisting of 2 gold worked double conoids, 2 carnelian balls, 1 agate bugle. [drawing] |
| 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. |
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