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Inlay of an Apis bull

Egyptian
Hellenistic Period (Ptolemaic Dynasty)
305–30 B.C.

Medium/Technique Mosaic glass
Dimensions Height x width x length: 2 x 3 x 1 cm (13/16 x 1 3/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number1972.1079
NOT ON VIEW

ProvenanceMay 1945, said to have been found about 12 miles southeast of Medinet Gurob, Egypt, by Robert Gordon Faudree [see note 1]; 1959, sold by Faudree to Horace L. Mayer (b. 1899 - d. 1968), Williamstown, MA [see note 2]; to his widow, Florence Ellen Mayer, Williamstown; 1972, gift of Mrs. Mayer to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 10, 1973)

NOTES:
[1] According to a letter from Faudree of July 6, 1959. [2] First lent by Horace L. Mayer to the MFA on October 30, 1959 (loan no. 54.59).