Mosaic glass rod with a sema tawy sign, Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period, 100 BC–100 AD, From Egypt, Mosaic glass, H. 1.7 × W. 1.6 × L. 5.3 cm (11/16 × 5/8 × 2 1/16 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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Mosaic glass rod, sema tawy sign, Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period, 100 BC–100 AD, Egypt, glass, H, 1.7, W, 1.6, L, 5.3 cm, 11/16, 5/8, 2 1/16, mosaic, glass, technique, allowed, multiples, image, created, figural, design composition, bundling colored, canes, drawn out, long bar, partially preserved, example
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