furniture

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Object Type
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
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Egypt
Materials: wood; glass; linen; plaster
Technique: carved; inlaid; plastered
Dimensions: Length: 33.20 centimetres; Width: 5.10 centimetres
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Inscription subject
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Named in inscription: Ptolemy V Epiphanes; Representation of: Ra (?)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1988
Acquisition notes: Tetragon.
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA71019
Registration number: 1988,0411.1

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