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Ivory plaque depicting the head of Venus

Ivory plaque depicting the head of Venus
© BA Antiquities Museum/C. Gerigk

Registration Number(s)
BAAM Serial Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Number 0363

Inv.Inventory
 (Greco-Roman Museum) 13317

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Ivory plaque depicting the head of Venus

Category:
Furniture and furnishing, furniture Inlays
Date:
Graeco-Roman Period, Roman Period (31 BCE-395 CE)
Provenance:
Lower Egypt, Alexandria, Rakotis (City Center)
Material(s):
Organic material, animal product, ivory
Length:
10 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): 119.
  • Zahi Hawass, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: The Archaeology Museum (Cairo: The Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2002): 118-119
  • Mona Serry, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Antiquities Museum, introduction by Ismail Serageldin (Alexandria: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Antiquities Museum, 2015): 187, 327.
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