Profile face inlay

Late Period–Ptolemaic Period

570–30 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 134

Glass figural inlay elements could be fitted in individual wooden cells, or placed immediately adjacent to other elements and attached to a background.

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Title: Profile face inlay
Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
Date: 570–30 BCE
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Glass
Dimensions: H. 3.1 × W. 1.9 cm (1 1/4 × 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Object Number: 30.8.336
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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