Inlay, floral?, sema-tawy?, Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period, 100 BC–100 AD, From Egypt, Polychrome glass, H. 1.9 × W. 3.3 cm (3/4 × 1 5/16 in.), A mosaic glass technique allowed multiples of an image to be created: a figural or design composition was made by bundling colored glass canes, which were then drawn out into a long bar like this partially preserved example
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Inlay, floral?, sema-tawy?, Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period, 100 BC–100 AD, Egypt, Polychrome glass, H, 1.9, W, 3.3 cm, 3/4, 1 5/16, mosaic, glass, technique, allowed, multiples, image, created, figural, design composition, bundling colored, canes, drawn out, long bar, partially preserved, example
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