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inlay
Object Type
inlay
Museum number
EA64226
Description
Inlay: head of a falcon in opaque white glass facing right. The eye is an opaque black disc outlined in orange. The conventionalized markings always present on the head of this bird, here in dark-blue glass, are separated by a small slice of banded mosaic glass. The companion piece, facing left, is in Cairo (32122). Both examples are probably the terminals of a 'wesekh' collar.
Cultures/periods
Roman Period
Production date
2ndC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Temple of Hathor (Dendara)
, Temple of Hathor
Materials
glass
Technique
mosaic
Dimensions
Length:
3.50 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Cooney 1976 / Glass
(1132)
Tait 1991 / Five Thousand Years of Glass
(pl.61)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Egypt Exploration Fund
Acquisition date
1898
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA64226
Registration number
1898,0902.4