Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Mosaic glass strip inlay Southern Asasif
Description
Inlay, mosaic glass strip. Third Intermediate Period–Late Period, Dynasty 21–30, ca. 1070–343 B.C. Mosaic glass. L. 3.6 × W. 0.5 × Th. 0.5 cm (1 7/16 × 3/16 × 3/16 in.). From: Unfinished Temple Site, Southern Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922.
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A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
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