Amulet of baboon in act of adoration, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 525–30 BC, From Egypt, Glass, H. 3.6 × W. 1.8 cm (1 7/16 × 11/16 in.), Starting in the later Late Period and continuing through the Ptolemaic Period, glass amulets might be cast by pressing the glass into a shallow open mold. The back was left rough, and the amulets may look ragged because glass overflowed the mold around the edges
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Amulet, baboon, act, adoration, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 525–30 BC, Egypt, Glass, H, 3.6, W, 1.8 cm, 1 7/16, 11/16, Starting, later Late, continuing, Ptolemaic, glass amulets, might, cast, pressing, glass, shallow open, mold, back, left rough, amulets, look ragged, overflowed, edges
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