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.
Objects: Frit Export: JSON - XML - CSV
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 12798 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Glazed frit. 3 balls. 1 fluted double conoid with rings ends; 1 ball with ringed ends thus [reference to drawing]; 1 flat seal - oval shaped with markings. |
| 12035 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Minute ring beads, lapis & frit, & 1 large calcite bead (barrel). [drawing of Calcite bead] |
| 17898 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Mixed lot, off many shapes and materials, found in or just below the floor of an early Neo-Babylonian level and presumably of that date, though some may well be old beads re-used. Shapes include ball, ring, cylinder, rhomboid, diamond, date shaped, elliptical, polygonal, double conoid, poppyseed, chisel, pear pendant, one miniature celt. Materials include carnelian, marble, steatite, sard, calcite, quartz, amethyst, agate, mother of pearl, shell, glazed frit, limestone (?), granite, hematite, crystal. |
| 18319 | (none) | 1933,1013.159 | (none) | Beads. Plain cylinders and tubes of blue glazed frit, color unusually well preserved. |
| 18836 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Small shells, pierced; carnelian cylindrical, carnelian ring; marble diamond; steatite discoid; chert (?) date-shaped, double conoid; white frit from amulet. A very poor lot. |
| 11744B | 30-12-640 | (none) | (none) | Beads. String of minute beads, gold, lapis & carnelian, with gold spacers giving 3 rows. | |
| 16217B | (none) | 1931,1010.226 | (none) | Beads: (A) small gold lunate earring. (B) Glazed frit scaraboid; (C) A few beads, carnelian, lapis glaze, mixed shapes. Persian period. |
| 18996C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: [A-B] Two steatite frog amulets [C] carnelian tube with bleached bands, very small glazed frit rings. |
| 15180 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: balls, barrels, faceted tubluar beads, 3-sided lentoids, lozenges, lunate. Amethyst, carnelian, chalcedony, agate, glazed frit: 1 blue glazed frit eye of Horus. Persian. |
| 13553 | 31-17-63 | (none) | (none) | Beads: 20 in all, including: 4 gold ( double conoid) (1 fluted ball); 3 carnelian (2cylindrical) (! double conoid); 1 agate tubular; 1 lapis double conoid; 6 lapis barrels; 2 flattened agate double conoid; 2 rock crystal ball beads with frit(?) eyes. | |
| 16199 | (none) | 1931,1010.222 | (none) | Beads: Agate, lapis & frit scaraboids, one agate barrel. |
| 15402 | (none) | 1935,0113.449 | (none) | Beads: glazed frit balls. Copper balls. Minute. |
| 15465 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: glazed ring beads & cylindrical & some frit barrels. |
| 16142 | 31-43-133 | (none) | (none) | Beads: lapis paste double conoids: glazed frit double conoids; 1 amethystine quartz concial bead. [drawing] | |
| 19051 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: two or three carnelian barrels; lapis tubes, 4 small balls or barrels; and small rings of glazed frit; three lapis frog amulets. |
| 18958 | (none) | 1935,0112.82 | (none) | Beads; paste cylinders, small, carnelian double conoids and barrels and diamonds and date-shaped; lapis double conoid and ball, quartzite rhomboid, large. One carnelian has bleached pattern. Restrung in original order. |
| 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] |
| 12797 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bes amulet. Glazed frit. |
| 7921 | (none) | 1928,1009.143 | (none) | Bird. Miniature. Frit. Two holes pierced for eyes and one in each wing. |
| 16684 | 31-43-155 | (none) | (none) | Carnelian and frit beads. [card shows only profile drawing of a vase] | |
| 1270 | (none) | (none) | B15724 | Clay monkey. Light drab clay. Pierced for suspension. P. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1287 | (none) | (none) | B15718 | Clay Rosette. Fragment of light clay. Like U.1286, but larger. P. | |
| 3368 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cup. White frit originally glazed, in fragments. Two small handles pierced at top: first traces of colored design. |
| 16794 | 31-43-59 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Glazed Frit Type same as U.16.606. |
| 9268 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal Frit Subject indistinct: A crescent moon and standing warriors |
Related Terms
Share
Email | Edit | Build Search
Parent Terms
Inorganic Remains > Glass and Related Material > Frit