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New Kingdom, Ramesside
This cone, found among the items in the Tell Basta treasure, would have been attached at the inner center of an elaborately decorated bowl like 07.228.20.
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Title: Conical Boss from a Bowl
Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside
Dynasty: Dynasty 19
Reign: Ramesses II or slightly later
Date: ca. 1279–1213 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Eastern Delta, Tell Basta (Bubastis), Temple of Bastet, ancient cache
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: H. 3 × Diam. 6 cm (1 3/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Object Number: 30.8.371
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