Museo Egizio
Decorative wooden panel with glass inlays of a scene of offering
- Date
- 332–30 BCE
- Medium
- Wood+glass+stone
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Department
- Museo Egizio, Turin
- Institution
- Museo Egizio
- Object ID
- Suppl_18155
From the Museo Egizio record
Many wooden objects were decorated with inlaid glass. An example is this fragment of a piece of furniture from Tebtynis, in the oasis of Fayum, dating from the late Ptolemaic Period. Glass inlays were a typically Egyptian art. They were used to decorate objects of wood or stone. Boxes with inlaid glass pictures became widespread from the end of the Late Period onward. Inlaid glass hieroglyphs are typical of the Ptolemaic Period. Dimensions: 20.6 cm x 17.3 cm x 2.4 cm. Museum location: Museum / Floor 1 / Room 12 / Showcase 04. Image views available: 6.
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- Tebtynis — Faiyum Governorate, EgyptMatched from the record’s own words: “Egypt, Tebtynis”
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