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Ptolemaic or Roman Period
This head in dark glass probably represents an "Ethiopian", popular subject matter in the Greco-Roman Period.
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Title: Hellenistic-style head
Period: Ptolemaic or Roman Period
Date: 200 BC–100 AD
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Glass
Dimensions: H. 1.6 × W. 0.9 cm (5/8 × 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
Object Number: 10.130.2656
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