Gem
Inlay
29-128-1211
From: Egypt
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | 29-128-1211 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Egyptian |
| Provenience | Egypt |
| Period | Twenty-First Dynasty | Twenty-Second Dynasty | Twenty-Third Dynasty | Twenty-Fourth Dynasty | Twenty-Fifth Dynasty |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Paste | Glass |
| Iconography | Egyptian | Face |
| Description | Sommerville: Antique enamel paste. An Egyptian and characteristic face, was found inlaid in a mummy case. Antique Pastes, Case WWW. RA: Head of a king or god. Red glass with balckish-green discoloration on lower part; whitish remainders of it on upper part. cf this same glass in "The Excavations of Medinat Habu. v. IV, Pl. 37B" |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1211 - Sommerville Gem Number | 29-128-2 - Old Museum Number |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.