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Object Name2 Bags of Chips and Shreds from Mosaic Glass Shrine

Made FromGlass

Date299 BCE-99 CE

Place MadeRoman Empire; Egypt

TechniqueMosiac or millefiori techniques

Accession Number59.1.94 T

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical Description2 Bags of Chips and Shreds from Mosaic Glass Shrine. An assortment of chips and shreds, among them two tubular faience beads, five small shreds of opaque turquoise glass, four pieces of translucent deep blue glass two of which are half-round buttons, the other two are almost certainly from a small inlay figure of the god Bes, one being his arm, the other his crown with a fleck of gold foil on back. Seventeen chips and slivers of various opaque colors and cane splinters.
Provenance

Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1959-07-27