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Source Description
Dark blue glass inlay. It is in the form of the dsrt, or Red Crown. The Red Crown symbolized Lower Egypt. The crown is rounded and angled up toward the back at which point in extends upward into a tall, narrow spike. The crown is cut to fit over the ears and has a notched area for a forehead band. Often the Red Crown has an uncurling spiral at the front, but this example does not. This inlay has been broken into two fragments and repaired and the two fragments are slightly different colors. The top of the projecting spike is squared. The upper surface of the inlay has been polished and the edges have been rounded off. The flattened back surface is unpolished and has deep chisel marks.
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Document identity
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37075
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Inlay Fragment of the Crown of Lower Egypt
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Source metadata
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37075
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title
Inlay Fragment of the Crown of Lower Egypt
description
Dark blue glass inlay. It is in the form of the dsrt, or Red Crown. The Red Crown symbolized Lower Egypt. The crown is rounded and angled up toward the back at which point in extends upward into a tall, narrow spike. The crown is cut to fit over the ears and has a notched area for a forehead band. Often the Red Crown has an uncurling spiral at the front, but this example does not. This inlay has been broken into two fragments and repaired and the two fragments are slightly different colors. The top of the projecting spike is squared. The upper surface of the inlay has been polished and the edges have been rounded off. The flattened back surface is unpolished and has deep chisel marks.
provenance
Khawam Brothers, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
4th-late 1st century BCE (Late Period-Ptolemaic)
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CC0
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en
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inlays
fragments
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3
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3
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Overall: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Source extras
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Egyptian
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Ptolemaic (?)
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dark blue glass
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6182
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none
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454
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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7dc61b6639a5449c
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no
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2
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photo
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19a2132c38eee618
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no
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3
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photo
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c6725fedb5678f31
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no
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no