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Egyptian Artifacts

Assortment of Glass Inlays

These are an assortment of glass π“‹£π“ˆ–π“π“Έπ“Ό inlays that are dated to the Ptolemaic Period (305-30 B.C.E.). Glass π“‹£π“ˆ–π“π“Έπ“Ό inlays were used to decorate shrines or other objects that were made out of cartonnage (cartonnage is like ancient paper mache). The glass π“‹£π“ˆ–π“π“Έπ“Ό inlays were pressed directly into the cartonnage when it was still wet in order to make the inlays stock, and this complete the object!

There are many glass π“‹£π“ˆ–π“π“Έπ“Ό inlays in this picture 𓏏𓅱𓏏, and the one in the center is representative of a pharaoh 𓉐𓉻. The pharaoh 𓉐𓉻 is wearing the red crown of Lower Egypt π“‚§π“ˆ™π“‚‹π“π“‹” (which happens to be blue 𓇋𓁹𓏏𓄿𓏸π“₯ – probably to make it stand out). There are also to inlays of Osiris π“Ήπ“Š¨π“€­(bottom left and top right), Anubis π“‡‹π“ˆ–π“Šͺ𓅱𓃣 (above the pharaoh), a winged scarab 𓐍π“Šͺ𓂋𓂋𓆣, a falcon π“ƒ€π“‡‹π“Ž‘π“…„, and a pillar with a falcon π“ƒ€π“‡‹π“Ž‘π“…„ on it.

While these are very tiny π“ˆ–π“†“π“‹΄π“…© objects, and are probably glanced over quickly by many, I’m the type of person that loves tiny π“ˆ–π“†“π“‹΄π“…© things!

Fun fact: the hieroglyphs π“ŠΉπ“Œƒπ“ͺ for the words β€œglass” and β€œfaience” are the same: π“‹£π“ˆ–π“π“Έπ“Ό.