Box-form ornament with granulation and filagree, Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 6th–4th century BC, From Egypt, Gold, Diam. 4.8 × H. 2.2 cm (1 7/8 × 7/8 in.), This box with its elaborate decoration has a circular opening in the center of the top filled with an elaborate flower. Two holes in the sides allow it to be attached to a chain. The extensive granulation indicates it is probably pre-Ptolemaic
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Box-form ornament, granulation, filagree, Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 6th–4th century BC, Egypt, Gold, Diam, 4.8, H, 2.2 cm, 1 7/8, 7/8, box, elaborate decoration, circular opening, center, top filled, flower, Two holes, sides allow, attached, chain, extensive granulation, indicates, pre-Ptolemaic
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