Segmented ball
New Kingdom
This small hollow ball features alternating blue and black segments, which are additionally separated by incised lines. Such faience balls have been found at several shrines dedicated to the goddess Hathor, as well as in funerary contexts. We thus do not know for sure if this particular ball is a donation to the goddess or if it might have had a funerary function.
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