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Beads set in wax

Beads set in wax
 Ptolemaic Period 332 BCE-30 BCE

Medium
faience, bees wax
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
faience, bees wax
Measurements
11.9 × 9.0 × 1.1 cm
Place/s of Execution
Egypt
Accession Number
699-D2
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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