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Ivory plaque depicting Venus (?)

Ivory plaque depicting Venus (?)
© BA Antiquities Museum/C. Gerigk

Registration Number(s)
BAAM Serial Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Number 0358

Inv.Inventory
 (Greco-Roman Museum) 12327

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Ivory plaque depicting Venus (?)

Category:
Furniture and furnishing, furniture Inlays
Date:
Graeco-Roman Period, Roman Period (31 BCE-395 CE)
Provenance:
Lower Egypt, Alexandria, Moharam bek
Material(s):
Organic material, animal product, ivory
Length:
13.3 cm
Hall:
Byzantine Antiquities, showcase 24



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

References
  • Zahi Hawass, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: The Archaeology Museum (Cairo: The Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2002): 118-119.
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