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Ivory plaque depicting Venus

Ivory plaque depicting Venus
© BA Antiquities Museum/M. Mounir

Registration Number(s)
BAAM Serial Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Number 0351

Inv.Inventory
 (Greco-Roman Museum) 12061

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Ivory plaque depicting Venus

Category:
Furniture and furnishing, furniture Inlays
Date:
Graeco-Roman Period (332 BCE-395 CE)
Provenance:
Lower Egypt, Alexandria, Moharam bek
Material(s):
Organic material, animal product, ivory
Length:
9.5 cm
Hall:
Byzantine Antiquities, showcase 24



The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.

References
  • Giuseppe Botti, Catalogue des monuments exposés au Musée Gréco-Romain d’Alexandrie (Alexandria: Imprimerie Générale A. Mourès, 1901): 69, no. 1509.
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