inlay
- Museum number
- EA64279
- Description
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Mosaic slice: the slice has a tomato-red field and has one highly polished surface, perhaps repolished in the 19th century. Traditional scene composed of the nfr-sign in the centre in yellow and black with pale-blue base. White cords bind the heraldic plants of Upper and Lower Egypt to the central stem of the hieroglyph. Below is a conventionalized representation of a lake, the water pale blue, the vertical water lines in dark blue. The lake is outlined in yellow.
- Production date
- 1stC BC
- Dimensions
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Width: 2.20 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1894
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA64279
- Registration number
- 1894,0309.1