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Late Period-Ptolemaic Period
This box with its elaborate decoration has a circular opening in the center of the top filled with an elaborate flower. Two holes in the sides allow it to be attached to a chain. The extensive granulation indicates it is probably pre-Ptolemaic.
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Title: Box-form ornament with granulation and filagree
Period: Late Period-Ptolemaic Period
Date: 6th–4th century BC
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: Diam. 4.8 × H. 2.2 cm (1 7/8 × 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1923
Object Number: 23.2.41
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