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Object NamePectoral or Inlay

Made FromGlass

Date799-1 BCE

TechniqueCast, retouched

SizeOverall H: 5 cm, W: 5.4 cm, Th: 0.5 cm

Accession Number66.1.15

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Egypt

Physical DescriptionOpaque deep lapis lazuli blue, modeled surface often heavily weathered with thick buff crust; cast, some retouching by gouging and drilling. Pectoral in the form of a pylon with deep depressions in baseline, center and entablature presumably for inlays; large central rectangle retains adhesive and green weathering crust presumably from an opaque red inlay, above this a small area in the shape of double wings is preserved; the large rectangle is outlined by a deep relief-cut groove on three sides and a vertical groove at the outermost edges of this panel forms two miniature posts which are drilled for pendant inlays of a crowned ureaus on a column with hieroglyphs above, each serpent faces inward; two small rectangular chips composed of alternating opaque red, turquoise and deep blue glass seem to have been inlays from the horizontal entablature as they correspond in height.
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