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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 18264 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White frit once glazed but the glaze all perished. Gazelle and man. |
| 18576 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Carnelian rings and one short tube of white frit probably once glazed. |
| 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. |
| 18851 | 35-1-31 | (none) | (none) | Amulet. Blue glazed frit. Im-dugud (?) figure. The blue glaze has perished on the front but is well preserved behind. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 19003 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Glazed frit(?) Hunter with gazelles. |
| 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. |
| 19249 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Balls of frit, originally blue-glzed, now mostly bleached, a few carnelian and one steatite rings. |
| 19870 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Frit. A kneeling archer shooting at a star (?) x619 |
| 19971 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. A few minute tubes of green glazed frit. |
| 20065 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Glazed frit balls, a carnelian ring and some shells. |
| 18121C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Beads. Agate ball and carnelian balls and double conoids; chalcedony double conoid; lapis, jasper agate and carnelian date-shaped; jasper (?) double conoid; [B] amethyst scaraboid; [A] steatite flattened balls; glazed frit discoid; [C-D] 2 glazed frit thick discoids with criss-cross on one side: [E] small glazed scaraboid with bungled heiroglyphs: [F] pebble scaraboid. Roughly incised thus: [drawing] [G] carnelian domical ovoid roughly engraved with figure of deer (?); [H] small puzuzu head in turquoise: [I] chalcedony seal, with Persian figure of a man standing in prayer. [drawing] [J] Also: a copper fibula. [drawing] |
| 18121D | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Beads. Agate ball and carnelian balls and double conoids; chalcedony double conoid; lapis, jasper agate and carnelian date-shaped; jasper (?) double conoid; [B] amethyst scaraboid; [A] steatite flattened balls; glazed frit discoid; [C-D] 2 glazed frit thick discoids with criss-cross on one side: [E] small glazed scaraboid with bungled heiroglyphs: [F] pebble scaraboid. Roughly incised thus: [drawing] [G] carnelian domical ovoid roughly engraved with figure of deer (?); [H] small puzuzu head in turquoise: [I] chalcedony seal, with Persian figure of a man standing in prayer. [drawing] [J] Also: a copper fibula. [drawing] |
| 18694F | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) Copper bowl, in good condition, plain. [drawing] (B) Iron dagger blade, long leaf-shaped. (C) Iron knife-blade, broken in 3 pieces. [drawing] (D) Copper ball pendant, (E) 3 hair (?) rings of copper wire [E, G-H]. (F) Beads: carnelian, lapis paste, marble, pebble, limestone, crystal, steatite, frit: rings, balls, date shaped, cylindrical and a few small shaped types, axes, flies, etc. |
| 8083B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Two beads of glazed frit. Originally blue, now bleached. Large striated or ribbed beads, one spherical, the other with a sharp shoulder. |
| 17069B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-K] Duck amulets. Frit. 11 in number. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17070E | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frog amulets 6 [one miniature] [A-F]. Frit. Two glazed yellow. Glazed yellow. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17070F | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frog amulets 6 [one miniature] [A-F]. Frit. Two glazed yellow. Glazed yellow. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17071D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frit amulets. [A] A pair of fish (A) and (B) [not reference to multiple objects] tails missing. [drawing 1:1] [B] A tortoise. [C] A pair of ducks. [D] A bead pendant. [E] A monkey (head missing). [F] Rosettes. [Drawing 1:1] |
| 17071E | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frit amulets. [A] A pair of fish (A) and (B) [not reference to multiple objects] tails missing. [drawing 1:1] [B] A tortoise. [C] A pair of ducks. [D] A bead pendant. [E] A monkey (head missing). [F] Rosettes. [Drawing 1:1] |
| 17071F | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frit amulets. [A] A pair of fish (A) and (B) [not reference to multiple objects] tails missing. [drawing 1:1] [B] A tortoise. [C] A pair of ducks. [D] A bead pendant. [E] A monkey (head missing). [F] Rosettes. [Drawing 1:1] |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frit amulets. [A] A pair of fish (A) and (B) [not reference to multiple objects] tails missing. [drawing 1:1] [B] A tortoise. [C] A pair of ducks. [D] A bead pendant. [E] A monkey (head missing). [F] Rosettes. [Drawing 1:1] |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frit amulets. [A-B] A pair of fish (A) and (B) tails missing. [drawing 1:1] [C] A tortoise. [D-E] A pair of ducks. [F] A bead pendant. [G] A monkey (head missing). [H] Rosettes. [Drawing 1:1] |
| 17760B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] 3 lids of jar. Frit. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17760C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] 3 lids of jar. Frit. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17069C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-K] Duck amulets. Frit. 11 in number. [drawing 1:1] |
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