Amulet of squatting baboon, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 525–30 BC, From Egypt, Glass, H. 2.7 × W. 1.9 cm (1 1/16 × 3/4 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, squatting baboon, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 525–30 BC, Egypt, Glass, H, 2.7, W, 1.9 cm, 1 1/16, 3/4, 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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