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MS286

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS286
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Egyptian
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Late Hellenistic Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Glass
Technique Mosaic
Description

Fragment of mosaic inset. Design of opaque white squares, and opaque white and yellow glass in translucent amber. 2 Thin (0.0015 m.) sections, apparently cut from the same cane, on modern, clear glass backing. Each square section 0.019 m. on a side.

Length 1.9 cm
Thickness 0.15 cm
Credit Line Gift of Francis C. Macauley, Esq., 1890
Other Number 5654 - Old Museum Number | GL04 (ancient glass project) - Other Number

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