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furniture
Object Type
furniture
Museum number
EA71019
Description
Wooden furniture element inlaid with polychrome glass Hieroglyphs(many missing) including the name of Ptolemy V Epiphanes; the top terminal is in the form of the head of Ra(?) with a yellow solar-disc, an inlaid black glass eye and a polychrome mosaic glass collar; down one side runs a tongue-and-groove joint; the reverse is covered with linen and plaster; all surfaces are worn.
Cultures/periods
Ptolemaic
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Egypt
Materials
wood
glass
linen
plaster
Technique
carved
inlaid
plastered
Dimensions
Length:
33.20 centimetres
Width:
5.10 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject
royal
Bibliographic references
Tait 1991 / Five Thousand Years of Glass
(pl.63)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
ancient egyptian deity
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Ptolemy V Epiphanes
Representation of:
Ra
(?)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Julia Schottlander
Acquisition date
1988
Acquisition notes
Tetragon.
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA71019
Registration number
1988,0411.1