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Object NameWedjet-eye
Made FromGlassy faience
Date699-600 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
Techniqueperhaps formed around rod, cast, glazed, engraving
SizeOverall H: 1.5 cm, L: 2.3 cm
Accession Number76.7.2
Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionBlue green glassy faience, some chips, dull surface; cast and glazed. Horizontal suspension hole is quite regular and perhaps formed around a rod; motif may have been retouched by engraving with a sharp point in the soft faience material before firing.
Provenance
Source Derek Content - 1976
Source Carl Sandler Berkowitz - 1976
Former Collection Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982)

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