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Object NameFragment of Inlay Element
Made FromGlass, Stone
Date699-1 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
Techniquecast, cut, polished
SizeOverall H: 4.5 cm, L: 5.9 cm, Th: 0.5 cm
Accession Number76.1.48
Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionOpaque medium dark blue with much white stone, heavily weathered and dull with brown incrustation on much of surface; cast, cut and polished. Inlay element of rectangular shape with semi- circular cut on either side forming a roughly H-shaped element carefully polished on one surface, scored and roughly modeled on the other; semi-circular cuts are somewhat undercut.
Provenance
Source Derek Content - 1976-01-01
Source Carl Sandler Berkowitz - 1976-01-01
Former Collection Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982)
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