Beads set in wax
Ptolemaic Period 332 BCE-30 BCE
Medium
faience, bees wax
Measurements
11.9 × 9.0 × 1.1 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Committee of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899
Gallery location
Not on display
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