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Source Description

This unusually large bone inlay is coarsely carved from a piece of bone that is semicircular in section. It is squared on the edges and broken at both top and bottom.

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Document identity
localId
33987
label
Female Nude
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
33987
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Female Nude
description
This unusually large bone inlay is coarsely carved from a piece of bone that is semicircular in section. It is squared on the edges and broken at both top and bottom.
provenance
Raphael Storza, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1946, by purchase.
date
5th-6th century
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
plaques (flat objects)
fragments
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)
Source extras
style
Coptic
med
bone
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
ROM
MED
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
1e190ad5b5bdbd8e