Amulet probably depicting a benu bird, Ptolemaic Period, 400–30 BC, From Egypt, Glass, H. 2.1 × W. 2.8 cm (13/16 × 1 1/8 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, depicting, benu bird, Ptolemaic Period, 400–30 BC, Egypt, Glass, H, 2.1, W, 2.8 cm, 13/16, 1 1/8, Starting, later Late, continuing, type, glass amulet, cast, pressing, glass, shallow open, mold, back, left rough, amulets, look ragged, overflowed, edges
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