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Third Intermediate Period–Kushite Period
Divine beards were plaited, and the dark hair of the gods was equated to deep blue lapis lazuli.
This bronze beard inlaid with dark blue glass must derived from a very large statue of a god that might have been made entirely of bronze or perhaps of wood with bronze fittings.
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Title: Beard from a large statue
Period: Third Intermediate Period–Kushite Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 21–25
Date: ca. 1070–664 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: cupreous alloy, glass or vitreous material, gold leaf
Dimensions: H. 11 cm (4 5/16 in); w. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in)
Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Object Number: 30.8.232b
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