Amulet of cow-headed goddess with feathers atop disk and horns, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 525–30 BC, From Egypt, Glass, H. 5.5 × W. 1.5 cm (2 3/16 × 9/16 in.), Starting in the later Late Period and continuing through the Ptolemaic Period, a type of glass amulet cast by pressing the glass into a shallow open mold appears. The back was left rough, and the amulets may look ragged because glass overflowed the mold around the edges
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Amulet, cow-headed goddess, feathers atop disk, horns, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 525–30 BC, Egypt, Glass, H, 5.5, W, 1.5 cm, 2 3/16, 9/16, Starting, later Late, continuing, Ptolemaic, type, glass amulet, cast, pressing, glass, shallow open, mold, back, left rough, amulets, look ragged, overflowed, edges
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