Hedgehog on box pendant, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 4th century –30 B.C. perhaps, From Egypt, gold, L. 1/2 in. x W. 7/16 in., This box pendant is topped with a tiny hedgehog whose round eyes and pointed snout have been indicated wire tube and a projecting tongue created with a granulated strip. The hedgehog was well-known and observed throughout both Egyptian and Greek antiquity
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Hedgehog, box pendant, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 4th century –30 B.C, perhaps, Egypt, gold, L, 1/2, x W, 7/16, box, pendant, topped, tiny hedgehog, round eyes, pointed snout, indicated wire, tube, projecting tongue, created, granulated strip, hedgehog, well, observed, Egyptian, Greek antiquity
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