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Gold-beater's form
Egyptian
Hellenistic Period (Ptolemaic Dynasty)
305–30 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Limestone
Dimensions
Overall: 16 x 21 x 3.2 cm (6 5/16 x 8 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Theodore M. Davis
Accession Number05.99
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CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Molds
DescriptionAlmost rectangular piece of hard, close, brown, limestone, containing sunken molds for a great variety of Amulets etc. on both sides and along the edges. (Into these depressions the gold foil was forced probably with a brush.) Provenance unknown.
ProvenanceGift of Theodore M.Davis
(Accession Date: September 19, 1905)
(Accession Date: September 19, 1905)