Profile face inlay
Glass figural inlay elements could be fitted in individual wooden cells, or placed immediately adjacent to other elements and attached to a background. This inlay was probably originally red, indicating a king or male god, but has degraded to green.
Artwork Details
- Title: Profile face inlay
- Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
- Date: 570–30 BC
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Red glass decayed to green
- Dimensions: H. 3.6 × W. 2.6 cm (1 7/16 × 1 in.)
- Credit Line: Purchase, Fletcher Fund and The Guide Foundation Inc. Gift, 1966
- Object Number: 66.99.186
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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