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Object Name2 Mosaic Glass Apis Bull Plaques and 1 Border from Similar Plaque from Mosaic Gl

Made FromGlass

Date299 BCE-99 CE

TechniqueMosiac or millefiori techniques

Size59.1.95 H-1 and H-2 H: 0.6 cm, D: 1.1 cm, D: 0.2 cm

Accession Number59.1.94 H

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Roman Empire; Egypt

Physical Description2 Mosaic Glass Apis Bull Plaques and 1 Border from Similar Plaque from Mosaic Glass Shrine. Mosaic glass or millefiori elements. Two mosaic glass inlays and a small border of a third similar plaque from a cane, roughly rectangular in cross section, the design of an apis bull with amethyst head and appropriate markings on a white body with a turquoise disc between his horns all on an opaque yellow background.
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